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From: cash@convex.com (Peter Cash)
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Subject: Re: Magazine Safety
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Date: 6 Jun 91 19:27:39 GMT
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In article <35305@mimsy.umd.edu> gt2852c@prism.gatech.edu (Edward Hefter) writes:

#I've never really wanted to shoot without a clip, now that I stop and think
#about it.  What kind of situation are you envisioning?

1. You are engaged in a fire fight.

2. You have nearly emptied your magazine. Your opponent has disappeared.
Since it's stupid to run your gun dry, you drop the magazine so that you
can insert a full one.

3. At that moment, your opponent unexpectedly charges. Because your gun has
been designed to protect the feeble-minded and the careless, that round in
the chamber can't be fired, and you get dead.




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