Your right on that front.

Really as long as you aren't plinking with .22s most calibers work theoretically

And how many guys are gonna take a hit and continue to be a threat? I mean you hear stories about multiple hits not stopping someone right away but how ungodly rare is that?

I've got a horror story about Republican Guard with level three tactical gear. Its sort of odd to fire and hit and see them stumble a step and sort of wince and then right themselves and keep firing.

It's like a "oh fuck me running" moment

Lol. 'Trained police officers'. A lot of these guys qualify once or twice a year. NYPD dumps magazines, and graze the bad guy, while hitting civilians and shit. Civilian shooters practice far more than most police. Now Texas cops on the other hand... get sniped by a handgun, son! Then again, Texas is like 'take our guns and we'll kill youuuuuuuu Alamo and shiiiit!' so I doubt many would be going door to door to collect firearms. They'd probably try to secede lmao.

Aaaaanyways, I'd rather not be the guy that goes out in a shootout with the police. I actually like our local department, and our Sheriff is pro-gun as shit, so he'd be like 'Nah. I'm not enforcing that bullshit.' like his predecessor. If anything, I'd just hand over a couple shotguns, then display my unfortunate boat accident photo. They don't have to know I disassembled all of the AKs and buried them in the woods (maniacal laughter).

I carry a Springfield XD compact in .45 ACP. It has no manual safety switch, only a grip/trigger safety. At first it was weird, because I had previously carried a Bersa with one, but as long as you have a proper holster, you don't have to worry about any negligent discharges.

You shouldn't trust safeties anyway. As with anything mechanical, they are capable of failing. So...

KEEP YOUR BOOGER HOOK OFF THE BANG SWITCH!

You guys ever heard those stories on the news about a dude that died when his gun just 'went off'? Yeah, those are bullshit. A gun isn't just going to 'go off' unless...

A. Something (like a booger hook) pulls the trigger

or

B. There is something seriously fucked up inside your gun.

However, there are some old firearms that will discharge if dropped, like some old six guns, or shitty 80s pocket guns. Nothing you'd want to be trusting your life with.

One thing I've noticed about 1911s, is they can be really finicky when it comes to ammo.

My XD doesn't seem to have that issue, even straight out of the box.

So that dude fighting his absolutely gorgeous $1200 Kimber in the next lane is feeling hella salty when my ugly-ass, $450 plastic handgun is going bang every time

Where was your DM at the time?

._.

I'll be sure to pass on your recommendation to the people who make that decision

He's minus a leg basically (There wasn't a foot left after the trends moved over) due to a fuck up by our side. I'd say it's more then that but I was always clingy to my platoon, most of us actually went through Stewart together.

Yeah anyway, not the best day in my life. Still it wasn't all shit, none of us died and we captured that terminal that the important people were drooling over.

It's always a "good" day when you can say you did your job and earned your paycheck.