Keep your holster clean
A key lodged in a holster caused a school resource officer’s gun to go boom. Color me skeptical.
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September 3rd, 2013 at 7:21 pm
Is a Glock 22 the only one with a safety, or was there a layer or two of editorial oversight?
September 3rd, 2013 at 8:21 pm
I’m calling bullsh*t on that defense/excuse.
September 4th, 2013 at 11:41 am
I’m skeptical too. The downward movement of a shoved key could not have worked as a 1/2″ upward movement necessary to lever back the trigger and fire the gun. The only way both actions could have happened is if the holster exposed the trigger. Since trigger-function protection is the FIRST requirement in retention holster design, I just don’t see this explanation.
Now, if the Deputy was wearing a NON-retention holster, some of those DO expose the trigger. If he was wearing such a holster against the SO rules, he should be fired. If there WERE no rules, the Undersheriff should be fired (can’t fire the elected Sheriff).
September 4th, 2013 at 4:40 pm
” trigger-function protection is the FIRST requirement in retention holster design,”
RivrDog, Bill Jordan would like to have a word with you.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/sixholster.JPG
September 4th, 2013 at 8:03 pm
Knitebane, when Jordan was with the Border Patrol and into the 1980s, the trigger guard was exposed on LE holsters because gunfight doctrine of the times was finger on trigger as soon as the pistol was gripped. As doctrine changed in the 80s (thanks to people like Jeff Cooper and Bill Rogers, modern security holsters were developed. One of the features of them is an enclosed trigger guard.
September 5th, 2013 at 5:18 am
Thanks for pointing out Bill Jordan’s timeline, MikeV. I thought I had covered this with the use of the words, “retention holster design”. In 1973, when I pinned on my Deputy Sheriff star, I carried a Ruger Security Six in a Bill Jordan High Rise holster. With only a grommeted strap, it was what we refer to now as a “Level Zero” holster, i.e., NO retention design or devices.