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In firearms, a safety or safety catch is a mechanism used to help prevent the accidental discharge of a firearm, helping to ensure safer handling.
Safeties can generally be divided into subtypes such as internal safeties (which typically do not receive input from the user) and external safeties (which typically allow the user to give input, for example, toggling a lever from "on" to "off" or something similar). Sometimes these are called "passive" and "active" safeties (or "automatic" and "manual"), respectively.
Firearms with the ability to allow the user to select various fire modes may have separate switches for safety and for mode selection (e.g. Thompson submachine gun) or may have the safety integrated with the mode selector as a fire selector with positions from safe to semi-automatic to full-automatic fire (e.g. M16).
Some firearms manufactured after the late 1990s include mandatory integral locking mechanisms that must be deactivated by a unique key before the gun can be fired. These integral locking mechanisms are intended as child-safety devices during unattended storage of the firearm—not as safety mechanisms while carrying. Other devices in this category are trigger locks, bore locks, and gun safes.
Gunman shoots assailant dead inside Brooklyn Target store after being chased and threatened by six gang members: cops
Read this one. 6 against one, knife pulled, one of the six shot after lunging at the one lone guy after he tried to run away. Then the remaining 5 chase him down and beat the...
California bar shooting leaves 12 dead, including sheriff's sergeant, police say
RIP Victims. Gun rights restriction is not the answer. Lunatic suppression may be.
11-year old shoots grandma then himself.
Man tells police 11-year-old grandson killed grandmother, then himself - CNN
EDIT: Too early in the story for anyone to know much beyond an apparent speculation he didn't want to clean his room. Nevertheless, never should have had unsupervised access.
A man's sister swore out a "red flag" gun confiscation order on him. For some unfathomable reason the police served it at 05:00. He met them at the door armed and an argument ensued. The homeowner was fatally shot.
Md. officers serving ‘red flag’ gun seizure fatally shoot armed man
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: New York Lawmakers Drafting Bill That Would Allow Social Media Checks Before Gun Purchase. “Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and state Sen. Kevin Palmer’s proposal would allow authorities to review three years of social media history and one year of internet search...
“MAY”: Democrat Stacey Abrams Admits Her Plans May Require Georgians to ‘Turn Their Guns In.’
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) admitted that a possible outcome of her gun control plans could be that “people would turn their guns in.”
Tapper reminded the viewing audience that...
“ATTENTION HUNTERS: If you vote in North Dakota, you may forfeit hunting licenses you have in other states. If you want to keep your out-of-state hunting licenses, you may not want to vote in North Dakota,” the ad reads.
North Dakota Democrats & Hunting -- Facebook Ad Threatens Hunters with...
Instapundit » Blog Archive » WOW: Mom with ‘gut feeling’ stops school shooter before planned attack. Koeberle Bull of Lumberto…
Mom with 'gut feeling' stops school shooter before planned attack
"Local and state police followed the mom’s tip, and on Thursday, officers drove to the home of...
Vietnam War hero sentenced to 7 years for decades-old rifle purchase: report
I call this a shame. This guy deserves a pass.
All these gangster atraw buyers get off with probation and this Hero gets 7 years.
F our justice system