The reason you never hear of such issues is because it’s a major misstep by the company (the fire when dropped issue). The “it just went off” is probably an artifact of inexperienced users like police officers (sadly). Similar stories were common when glocks hit the market. The glocks have a tabbed trigger but that wasn’t enough to keep fingers from depressing triggers when unholstering (especially from holsters requiring index finger to depress a button to unlock the gun from the holster).
The old saying was “don’t pull the trigger if you don’t want it to go off.” Now it’s “keep your finger off the trigger unless it’s ok if it goes off.” I suppose the p320 will change this to “don’t let anything touch the trigger, even the side of the trigger, unless you want it to go off.”
M&P is a good choice. I wanted handguns I could manufacture myself so as to avoid the gun free school act of 1994…Did you know you the state can abduct you and hold you against your will for a decade if they catch you existing within 1,000 feet of a school with a firearm used in interstate commerce. The Supreme Court struck down this law as applied to firearms in general but pointed out that the federal government could assign themselves this power if they abused the commerce clause of the constitution by applying the law only to guns used in interstate commerce…which is almost every gun with a serial number. Now I can drive around town without risking prison.
I can’t get to Prague before Sunday. But I’ll be there Sunday to Sunday. The dhd side event looks awesome.
This is a real, if complex, issue. I have many p320’s, both commercial and self manufactured. While I do not believe the “it just went off on its own” stories, there are legit cases of discharge without pulling the trigger (specifically, the design had to be revised because dropping the firearm could make it fire without pulling the trigger).
The main problem with the p320 is how easy it is to pull the trigger unintentionally. Most models do not have a manual external safety selector. None come with a “tab” in the trigger face itself to lock the trigger until force is applied across the front face of the trigger; as a result, you can slide along the side of the trigger and pull it rearward.
For all my p320’s that I carry, I use either a tabbed trigger or an external safety. Only on my suppressed bedside p320 range toy p320s do I have no safety mechanisms.
I have start9 running. Now I’ve got to learn how to use it beyond onchain wallet.
Keep up the amazing work. I’ve been in bitcoin since July 2010 and I have learned much from your book. If only I had this perspective 14 years ago…c’est la vie.
Prague expat armory. I’ve reserved a few firearms to try:
.460 SW Magnum Revolver - 1 shot per 300 CZK, CZ Shadow 2 COMPACT - 10 shots per 300 CZK, Tokarev - 8 shots per 200 CZK, FN Five-seveN - 10 shots per 600 CZK, CZ P09 - 10 shots per 300 CZK, CZ Bren 2 (5,56 NATO) - 10 shots per 400 CZK, Steyr AUG - 10 shots per 400 CZK, HK G3 - 5 shots per 300 CZK, MP5 - 10 shots per 400 CZK, Kriss Vector - 10 shots per 400 CZK, B&T TP 9 - 10 shots per 400 CZK
Roughly $250 which isn’t a great deal per shot, but it’s a lot of work maintaining all these weapons.
In the old days, getting hooked was part of why shit was illegal.
So I’m going to bitcoin Prague. And Czechia has some really cool guns. I’ve made a shooting range appointment request to shoot basically all the cool Czech guns. I’m excited!
Why is the picture missing the intercostal nerves yet over emphasize (draw way bigger than scale) the unnamed terminal branches? That’s weird.
Ugh. Been there. Done that. Get some sleep in between. You’ll make it. Drive carefully…cause driving will kill you when driven to exhaustion.
I’m sorry to hear that. I hope they have a medicine that can help you with that my friend…
Just kidding.
This account is hilarious. I mean, for a tax agency.
As a physician, I can only recommend drinking urine in very limited circumstances. And this is no such circumstance.
Each way. So 32 hrs travel for 16-24 hrs of stuff
I’m wondering if it’s worth going. It’s 16 hrs of travel for 2-3 days of content.
Great animated explainer of the Fed: https://youtu.be/mII9NZ8MMVM?si=vjqHHGTiDiZ_gtjA
Anyone going to btc Prague?
This is true.
I’d rather die with my stack at its current size than be rich in a world without bitcoin.