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flamin lib

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1. There is a phrase in gun world; Glock Leg Syndrome.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 04:02 PM
Jun 2016

The Glock pistol, most popular with law enforcement and many gun enthusiasts, has no mechanical safety, a very short trigger travel and a relatively light trigger pressure. This leads to the gun discharging when drawn from or inserted into the holster resulting in a leg injury. It happens often enough that it has a name.

Any other consumer product would be recalled under the Consumer Protection Act. Not guns because they are so special.

33,000 die, but 100,000 are wounded every year.

The wounded count too.

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