4-year-old shot and killed by 3-year-old in Houston, sheriff says

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8. It would be so simple to require active safeties on handguns not used for LE or public safety...

The nug lobby has fought hard to prevent any mandates on design or safety

So, why "can" a 3 year old fire a handgun? It's because most semi-automatic handguns are tactical weopons and don't have active safeties. Glock is famous for this. They have a passive safety that will prevent the nug from firing if you drop it, but any light pressure against the trigger will fire the gun. The trigger pressures are so low any 3 year old could fire one.

But if that nug had a lever that had to me physically moved, and a trigger pressure a 3 year old couldn't manage, then a lot fewer people would be shot. Just google "glock knee". Even weopons instructors have accidently shot themselves holstering their nugs.

But Noooooooo. Can't have anything that will slow down killing someone!

In comparrison, just about every revolver sold befor the glock phenom had an active safety and required a stronger finger pull.