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All gun control laws are this, whether intentionally or not. And the ATF has been "interpreting" laws into existence for awhile. No argument. If we're lucky, now that Chevron is out of the way some of that might get tamped down or reversed. My point isn't that I like CA, or their stupid laws. My point is Glock as a company is in the business of making money, and California is a huge market especially in the cop market (like you pointed out). Expecting them to commit financial seppuku in the name of rights advocacy is naive. CARB has been using the California market share to push desired changes for a long while. Same thing.

The point is the way the ATF interprets the NFA, intent is irrelevant. Nationwide total devices seized was something like 5800 in 2023. Anecdotally from law enforcement relatives, the uptick is very real. The low amount of federal cases is certainly interesting. My assumption is it becomes a matter of jurisdiction and federal capacity. Agree. However, Glock's interest is selling guns. I can't get upset if they prioritize doing that over being a cause crusader. Lots of government contracts. Think positive, a better trigger in all Glocks might actually be a win, I doubt they'll be able to jack the price up more than they already have. Patrick Bateman might have just forced Glock to upgrade their product line for the consumer's benefit.

The Glock performance trigger doesn't have a cruciform trigger bar. So something developed from that will likely be the solution. AB1127 basically puts into statute the ATF's interpretation of "designed to shoot" from the NFA definition of machine gun. The ATF interprets "designed" to mean possessing design features which facilitate full automatic fire by simple modification or elimination of existing components. Which is why the ATF has forced redesigns on other firearms in the past. So basically I think Glock has gotten away with not re-designing the fire control system because of the numbers in circulation already. If the bureaucrats pointed this out, the sheer size of it all would create a very large problem. Easier to ignore. That is until a bunch of States sue Glock after switches recovered by law enforcement goes up by almost 800% over the last 6 years. Whether or not you agree with the law, or that it does anything; from within the perspective of someone who does, it makes sense to go after Glock. More importantly, it makes sense to change gears if you're Glock since they probably know they're screwed. Like you said, the other striker designs don't have the same vulnerability since you can't access the trigger bar from the slide plate.

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nunya's comments are good. But would you like to know more?.... Red dot is target focused (your eyes) at all times. If you have trained your index correctly, it is much faster and more accurate. If you don't train your index, it's pretty easy to lose the dot. The larger windows are nicer to use, but it doesn't really make a performance difference assuming you don't lose the dot. If the back side of the reflex glass gets misted over, or a water drop in the wrong spot, it is possible that the dot will stop working (doesn't reflect correctly). That's where the various enclosed emitter dots come from. Actual suggestions: Setup your pistol with back up irons that co-witness in the lower 1/3 of the window. They're useful for finding the dot as you learn how to use the setup, and a backup if the glass gets foggy/misty. Practice the draw to presentation/index, A LOT.

Probably. But I can't get away with running down the geriatric driver that's the 5th car to run the red light and slapping them for being a selfish asshole. So I'm torn.

My brother's dept dumped their 226s 10 or 15 years ago. Same story.

Agreed. I also would like to see some sort of AI detection of dick bag drivers. Speeding cameras should only apply to crazy speeding. Going the speed limit is for suckers. Also, those limits are set knowing people will speed by 10mph.

No. I'll just say we got in a semantic argument past one another. I'll try to be clear: It appears that the P320's problems are bad enough that it is less safe than what was used in WW2. Let alone the M9. It remains to be seen what the actual problems are, all anyone really has at this point is educated guesses.

source for that?

I knew what you meant. The series 70 drop fail requires you to drop it on the muzzle. It shoots the ground. I also think it's a reasonably low probability of happening. Otherwise, it's pretty safe at normal duty spring rates and trigger geometries. My competition guns are more questionable. The P320 should theoretically should be better, however the striker safety failure rate seems to be pretty high (no more 320 advantage over 1911). The slide to FCU play seems to be enough to allow the sear to release the striker in some cases, which inherently also skips the secondary notch. All of the analogous components in a 1911 are in the frame, with essentially no play. Side note: You can basically make a series 70 gun drop safe by using a titanium firing pin and an 2x extra power return spring. This is how Springfield made CA legal 1911s. You'll need to run a fairly heavy (23# or so) mainspring to make it work. I'm not sure you can actually buy a Series 80 anymore for what it's worth.

Your larger final point is fine and I agree, but your specific risk analysis of a 1911 vs the P320 is nonsense.

I have had good luck with JM Custom Kydex for all my appendix needs.

Between the accounts of cops and competitive shooters having discharges in holsters, and the way Sig has handled it. Fuck that gun

The last MH-53 graduate from Kirtland started the CV-22 course the following week. We've been here before.