re insane gun toting wackos unite do you know how many deaths each year are caused by self inflicted gun shot wounds by people wearing thigh holsters there are roughly fatal firearms related accidents each year the large majority involve rifles and shotgun there are under fatal handgun accidents each year i really doubt all of those occur while the pistol is holstered so the number of self inflicted gunshot wounds by people wearing thigh holsters is probably well under per year if you fall for example and land on the handgun or cause a sudden blow the gun will discharge handguns designs have included a hammer block since around or earlier this is a metal part which physically seperates the cartridge and the firing pin even under impact the gun cannot fire the hammer block is connected to the trigger and is pulled out of the way as the trigger is pulled as a result modern pistols can fire only if the trigger is pulled or in some cases if they are cocked by hand and then dropped the number of people killed in this manner far outweighs the number of deaths caused by animal attacks or wacko attacks combined i don t know about animal attacks but there are murders each year and under die in the manner you suggest if only of the murders were killings by wacko s you would be wrong worse there are also rapes and aggravated assaults each year these numbers make violent attacks and preventing them thousands of times more significant than the accidents you are worried about these figures by the way are from the fbi s uniform crime report for i ll stop by a library tomorrow and look at the national crime victimization survey which is more specific about where and when the crimes occured frank crary cu boulder
