How do you know that it always will?
There are no absolutes. You go with the best you know. You cant know, unless you try. I at least try. How far have you taken it, with anything you use? Do you vet it, or run to the gun boards, to see what you should think?
That's a good idea--necessary, but perhaps not sufficient. I prefer a more effective means of risk mitigation--a sign more forgiving of those failures to maintain perfection..
So what would that be?
Forget the rumors, and consider the actual incidents.
I agree, but it seems to me, its more about rumor and "I heards", than it is about actual incidences. Im not saying they dont occur, just that the rumors tend to blow things way out of proportion.
Good. But there's always a first time.
I have carried my XDS for a lot longer than that, but that doesn't prove a thing.
Of course there is, as there is with anything.
Ive carried and used all manner of things, in all manner of ways, for close to 50 years now, including scarier things than Glocks, and knock on wood, I havent had a problem. Could it happen in the next 60 seconds, absolutely, but as of right now, the percentages are in my favor, its not as likely.
Some of those things really do not sound prudent. But I'm sure you had a reason.
Exactly, the whole point of the test, to push the limits, so you know what the truth is, and whats likely BS.
How else would you vet something?
The problem is, you test covers an extremely small sample and an incredibly short test period. No manufacturer would ever put anything on the market based on such limited experience.
That may be, and Im not saying its a perfect test by any means, but at least I tried, so I can prove to my self, what is likely to be an issue, or not. Am I to assume you do the same, with anything new you might play with, so you too know where you stand?
The question related to the specific police officers and sheriffs who have been injured by unintended discharges of Glocks and M&P service pistols.
Simply stating what Ive seen as to those in general. In any of those cases, training, or lack of it was the issue, was it not? The guns did not malfunction as far I ever remember hearing.