Beretta92FSLady
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"The good person carrying a handgun, particularly if they are wearing it in a plain sight, always has to worry about a violent criminal attempting to disarm them and murder them or others with their own weapon." ~Ayoob (American Handgunner, Mar/Apr 2011, p32)
A little context: The article is discussing carrying sidearms that have a manual safety, and whether it behooves the person carrying to carry their sidearm with the safety "on." He then gives examples of officers that have been saved by having the safety "on," and how he could not find any instances where the officer had forgotten to turn the safety to the "off" position during a engagement.
Is this a shot at OC'rs--that he repeat one of the biggest anti-OC'r arguments out there--that OC'r might get their sidearm taken from them while carrying in the open? Some violent criminal is going to walk up to you, take your sidearm and shoot you and everyone around you to death *shivers*!
Ayoob opens with a reference to civilian OC/CC, then uses examples of LEO's who were in the fight of their life to retain their sidearm. Do civilians have the same level of "gun grab" threat as LEO's? I think not! I have read(e) about gun grab attempts and successes against LEO's, but nothing paper worthy levied against a citizen who is OC/CC'ing.
I should add, the S&W .500 MAGNUM on the front of the magazine is freaking sweet!
A little context: The article is discussing carrying sidearms that have a manual safety, and whether it behooves the person carrying to carry their sidearm with the safety "on." He then gives examples of officers that have been saved by having the safety "on," and how he could not find any instances where the officer had forgotten to turn the safety to the "off" position during a engagement.
Is this a shot at OC'rs--that he repeat one of the biggest anti-OC'r arguments out there--that OC'r might get their sidearm taken from them while carrying in the open? Some violent criminal is going to walk up to you, take your sidearm and shoot you and everyone around you to death *shivers*!
Ayoob opens with a reference to civilian OC/CC, then uses examples of LEO's who were in the fight of their life to retain their sidearm. Do civilians have the same level of "gun grab" threat as LEO's? I think not! I have read(e) about gun grab attempts and successes against LEO's, but nothing paper worthy levied against a citizen who is OC/CC'ing.
I should add, the S&W .500 MAGNUM on the front of the magazine is freaking sweet!
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