JP> FWIW, Mas Ayoob once wrote a column on this subject. He specifically 
 JP> warned against doing this, and he gave two reasons: 
 
 JP> 1: He acknowledged that, in theory, you might have to shoot in the 
 JP> middle of a magazine change. However, he claimed that he had been 
 JP> unable to document a single case of this situation ever coming up. He 
 JP> DID have numerous examples of good guys whose lives were saved when 
 JP> they hit the mag release while struggling with a bad guy for control 
 JP> of their gun. 
 
   Not being a follower of Ayoob, I missed that. Interesting theory. 
 
 JP> 2: In the event that you have to shoot someone, and are charged 
 JP> afterwards, police experts are going to examine your gun. They will 
 JP> report that you "disconnected a safety device". The prosecutor may 
 JP> introduce this fact in the trial. To a jury made up of firearms 
 JP> laymen, this will sound reckless, and recklessness is a key component 
 JP> of some charges. (like involuntary manslaughter, I think) 
 
   Down here the local's won't notice. They are nice guys but for the 
most part, they don't know squat about guns. The finer points of fireams 
and their fuctions go right over their heads. 
 
 JP> I hope you will take the above information in the friendly spirit it 
 JP> is intended. 
 
   Goes without saying. Sad that some folks take a difference of opinion or 
discussion of various views as personal insults.  :-{ 
 
 JP> I realize that it is your gun, your life, and your karma, and that 
 JP> none of them are really any of my damn business. You've gotta go with 
 JP> what YOU are comfortable with. 
 
   Yep!  
 
 
 
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