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Is going to discharge is if you squeeze the trigger all the way to the rear. a lot of people make assumptions based on -- because, you know -- like the berettas and things like that, there are various smith and wessons and various products available that have safeties. gun will not function at all if you flip the safety down. the down side when you consider a firearm for a personal safety is under high-stress events your brain is not going to remember without a tremendous amount of constant and ongoing training, your brain is not going to remember you have to flip the safety up before you can ...

That you have to intentionally put your finger on the trig. depress it all the way to the rear. has a harmer block safety and the only way to defeat a hammer block safety on any firearm is to press and hold the trigger all the way to the rear. so in and of themselves a lot of people misconstrue because not an external safety it's not a safe firearm. that's not accurate. a firearm is as safe as the person holdinging it so if you're not putting your hand on the trigger and squeezing it can be a safe weapon. this particular weapon does have an external safety which is a hammer block safety and ha...

The safety down before you need to use it to defend yourself, so as most law enforcement agencies or all that i'm aware of, they don't have an exterior safety on your firearm, which means there is no extra button to push. the only natural safety that you would have is an extended trigger pull. it means the trigger is not what people sometimes call a hair trigger. it's an extended trigger pull to where it can't be just accidentally squeezed and have the firearm go off. >> all right. so let's take a quick break. we'll resume the coverage, a quick break right now. this is mark osterman described ...

The gun that you suggested to mr. zimmerman, correct, the defendant? >> correct. >> do you know what the trigger pull is on that gun? >> the pounds per square inch, is is that what you are referring? >> yes. >> i do not know. >> would you agree an expert with firearms would be better suited to expla inthe trigger pull and all that stuff? >> without question. >> you are not here testifying as a firearms expert? >> i am not. >> i want the record to be correct with that. you did say you had discussions with the defendant, mr. zimmerman, regarding what type of gun he had, i think you taught him to...

Your mind will lock up a bit, will not allow you to think that extra step of pulling the safety down before you need to use it to defend yourself. so as most law enforcement agencies or all that i'm aware of, they don't have an exterior safety on your firearm, which means there's no extra button to push. the only natural safety that you would have is an extended trigger pull. that means the trigger is not, what people sometimes call a hair trigger, it's an extended trigger pull to where it can't be just accidently squeezed and have the firearm go off. >> what were the characteristics of the ca...