Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!ukma!dftsrv!mimsy!uunet.UU.NET From: snitor!petert@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Toth) Newsgroups: rec.guns Subject: Re: situation vs mag safety Message-ID: <35558@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 13 Jun 91 02:00:02 GMT Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems Ltd. Lines: 11 Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu In article <35504@mimsy.umd.edu> CHAN93%SNYBUFVA.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Alvin M. Chan) writes: #A couple of possible situations where a mag safety could be a bad hindrance #are in the military and police (assuming personnel are properly trained) #[...good stuff deleted...] Another nice feature for those making a living while armed would be a gun that stays open when there is no new round available, even with the mag out. The only ones i know use the follower, so they will close when fired with the clip out. Peter Toth