tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post139917968929788884..comments2024-02-05T11:03:17.462-06:00Comments on Days of our Trailers: Chicago Tribune Puts a 'Magic Bullet' to Their Heads and Pulls the TriggerThirdpowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886910076400873900noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-83934309174394298502015-11-30T23:05:39.151-06:002015-11-30T23:05:39.151-06:00Mmmm... a blank as the first round in a cop's ...Mmmm... a blank as the first round in a cop's chamber... that implies that the blank is not the only round in the chamber. Puzzling... not the thought of a double feed, but that the writer is attempting to apply some technicals to a subject to gain credibility and in the process, proves his stupidity. I love reading left-wing nonsense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01081608209223072222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-43541910545756685402015-11-30T14:03:09.216-06:002015-11-30T14:03:09.216-06:00Lots of people carry with no round in the chamber....Lots of people carry with no round in the chamber. It takes an extra second to chamber a round. I carry that way when I carry a 1911 because I don't trust the hammer to not strike the round in a drop condition. It is VERY unlikely this will result in any increase in officer deaths since there are no officer shootings recorded where one second made a difference. <br /><br />The empty chamber also used to be a standard carry condition for revolvers so the chamber under the hammer would be empty, but when the trigger is pulled (double action), or the hammer pulled back (single action), a fresh chamber is brought into battery. So, the only "harm" done to the person carrying it is one less round available between reloads. <br /><br />I'm not saying the idea has any merit or not. Just saying it is a non-issue. Any bad cop who wants to "shoot a black man" will just take the extra second to cock his weapon first, just like he already has to release any retention measures on the holster. Any officer in a life-or-death situation will take the extra second as a matter of training to cock his weapon, just as he already trains to draw his weapon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-36704498578639960412015-11-28T22:46:21.077-06:002015-11-28T22:46:21.077-06:00@Bob S.- You missed Thirdpower's comment about...@Bob S.- You missed Thirdpower's comment about function. A blank won't cycle a typical semi-auto. The officer would have to manually rack the slide to eject the fired blank case and feed another round from the magazine before he could fire a live round.<br /><br />This fool's proposal would get a lot of cop's killedHat Trickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789313677285831256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-81302059696175594412015-11-28T21:25:15.982-06:002015-11-28T21:25:15.982-06:00And does the writer not imagine what the response ...And does the writer not imagine what the response from cops will be ?<br /><br />Instead of "bang" -- then it would be "click, Bang" - the only difference would be a quarter or half second for the 2nd trigger pull.Bob S.http://www.3boxesofbs.comnoreply@blogger.com