GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[F.U.]

Is it true that certain small handguns have no safeties on them?

I just read that she was a nuclear scientist so this was no dumb bunny, not that it matters at this point, smart or dumb, dead is dead.

Yes thats true. Generally wheel guns: Revolvers, do not have a safety. They are either a single action so you have to manually pull the hammer back and then pull the trigger, or a double action so all you have to do is pull the trigger. The trigger pull on a single action revolver can be very light so that its conceivable that a 2 yr old could accidentally pull the trigger if it was on full cock, but I really doubt it could happen if the hammer had been down. A double action revolver you can work same as with a single, or with the hammer down you can pull the trigger to operate the gun, however this entails a Lot more trigger pressure and movement than a 2 yr old is going to be able to do.
Some Auto's do not have safeties either, some glocks and others. I am not a glock guy so not very familiar with them. Most autos have a safety though.
No idea what type of gun she had, but it is readily apparent that she didn't do something right. Bad idea to run around with a revolver cocked. I carry my auto with the safety off, but hammer down. One less thing to do if the need arises. All my revolvers happen to be double action, so no safety, but hammer down. The big ones, the 44's and the 357 take a Lot of trigger pull to send the first round down range.

Many of the new semi autos are safetyless. Or some, such as glock, or Springfield XD's [like I use as a primary carry] have safety's that are incorporated into the trigger. Glock has just the trigger safety and has had a reputation of going off when it is getting holstered and/or getting unholstered. The safety on a glock is built right into the trigger. It will not go off if dropped. However as soon as you press against the trigger, either with the finger or even a sloppy holster, etc, they go bang.
A XD on the other hand has two safety's. One in the trigger, like the glock, but another in the backstrap, like a 1911. That means that the pistol must be held buy the grip buy a hand that is large enough to hold down the backstrap safety while pressing the trigger safety. That is one reason I carry a XD.
But there are others that have no manual safety at all and use a heavy trigger pull as the safety , much as a double action revolver uses. These trigger pulls are usually around 12 - 15 lbs of pressure. For those that know nothing about those numbers I will just say that is a lot of pressure to be placed on a trigger. Most semi autos and single action revolvers have trigger pulls down in the single digits. I think my XD is 2.5 lbs.

Here is a pic of a glock trigger safety . The safety is the little flipper that sticks out from the front of the trigger.





Here are the two safety's on a XD.







Not that this post makes any difference. I was just showing a couple different types of safety's on the newer semi autos.