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A gun is a tool of absolute last resort. They are simple, mechanical devices, and that's a good thing. I have no interest in adding complications and additional
by monochromatic 11y ago
A gun is a tool of absolute last resort. They are simple, mechanical devices, and that's a good thing. I have no interest in adding complications and additional points of failure.
- jrs235 11y ago"I have no interest in adding complications and additional points of failure." This is also how I feel about my clothes washer and dryer. Simple dials and minimal buttons. I want to be able to repair and replace a part at minimal expense.
- monochromatic 11y agoI agree, and I hate the trend toward more complication. But for the washer and dryer, anyway, my life doesn't depend on them operating 100% reliably. (Which is good, because they don't.)
- _yosefk 11y agoCouldn't it actually be easier for the owner to fire, overall? You could make it much more responsive to the trigger if you assumed that it knows you're actually trying to fire it, not? I heard there's a trade-off today between guns which easily fire unintentionally and guns which are quite difficult to fire intentionally from several people. (Of course there are the cases where I don't see how it even works, like if you're wearing gloves.)
- monochromatic 11y agoAs in, a gun like this might not need to include a manual safety? There are already lots of guns that don't, like Glock--one of the most common, if not the most common handgun in the world. I'm not totally sure what the people you're talking to were referring to with "guns which easily fire unintentionally and guns which are quite difficult to fire intentionally."