THE GUN SAFETY DILEMMA IS OUR PROBLEM

The gun safety dilemma is not only killing our children, but fellow officers, loved ones and friends alike.

GlockWorld Magazine has dedicated this issue to the topic of gun safety, more specifically, the use of trigger locks -- the debate and practice of chambering.

The problem of accidental discharge (AD) and resulting deaths and injuries is, and has always been, solely, gun owner's responsibility. Since we are the owners and users of these deadly weapons, the problem of gun safety is our problem and ours alone and should not be that of the gun-grabbers.

It is not their children who are injured or killed by accidental discharge in the home because they, reportedly, don’t possess firearms.

It is not they who are killed in the line of duty by an assailant with their own weapon because most anti-gunners are not law enforcement officers nor real defenders of the Constitution.

It is not they who must have safety locks on their guns then try and remember the combination or find the key when a perpetrator invades their home. According to them, they have no need for guns because they depend on local law enforcement to defend their homes and their lives from perpetrators and crazed individuals bent on unprovoked assaults.

When adrenaline is pumping high, it is not anti-gunners who must remember if their firearm is loaded or empty for, again, they have no firearms and needn’t worry themselves about self-defense.

But the truth of the matter is no matter how safe anti-gunners "may feel" in their mentally-secured cocoons, they and their loved are more likely to run the risk of being killed or injured by perpetrators because they have resigned themselves to being victims rather than defenders.

If, indeed, the problems and decisions of firearms safety and defense does rests squarely on the shoulders of gun owners, then why have we left it in the hands of the dreaded enemy, Handgun Control, Inc. and the anti-Constitutionists?

Isn’t this the case of the lazy shepherd who entrusted his sheep to the conniving coyote for safeguarding?

Like the old dog who is unable to learn, we too have become "stuck in our old ways," unable to adapt for our own good.

Many of us have arrogantly and steadfastly held on to our antiquated theories and principles of being for or against "chambering and trigger locks" based upon our primary preferences for either personal defense or firearm safety.

Whether you’re a law enforcement officer or a private, law-abiding gun owner, we all want to be able to protect and defend against the bad guy when the moment arrives. But, instead of behaving like the brave and intelligent people that we are, and directly facing the primary issue of how do we protect our children, others and ourselves from accidental discharge, we "bury our heads in the sand," hoping the issue will disappear or, somehow, simply go away.

Some shooters think they don't have to worry about AD/UD's because their gun could never malfunction and they're so well trained and conditioned that such a thing like that couldn't happen to them -- BS! Remember, if something can go wrong, it will! S... happens! Other, less conditioned shooters, just wish the AD/UD problem would disappear without affecting them and those around them. Watch your local TV news, read the local newspaper or check with the NRA and GOA for the latest legislative bills regarding gun locks. This issue of gun safety is not going to go away until WE, the shooters resolve it once and for all ourselves!

You don’t have children? Well, so what?! Anti-gunners haven’t yet tried to divide gun owners with or without children. "Divide and Conquer?" (say no more).

Either firearm preference: "Personal Defense or Firearm Safety" is inherently risky and self-defeating when we choose one over the other.

All shooters need to unite and take a big bite out of the anti-gun movement by solving the children and AD/UD safety dilemma ourselves.

To that end, GlockWorld is taking a bold and unusual step and recommending the use of the Saf-T-Blok(tm) trigger lock for duty, personal defense and home safety use. Saf-T-Blok has a unique "behind the trigger lock" that totally prevents ADs while maximizing your protection without compromising your safety.

Jeffrey Allen
Publisher