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Originally Posted by Karl
Re: "I guess the cops kept shooting themselves in the foot." The sear safety prevented firing a loaded "upper" - barrel/receiver assembly when detached from the "lower" - frame assembly. Why this was a problem I don't know. Can't imagine anyone field stripping a loaded automatic pistol. Perhaps one of the experts has an answer. KFS
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Abstraction.
Carelessness.
Laziness.
Negligence.
Ignorance.
Stupidity.
In ascending order. And you know it happens. It apparently happened enough with P08s that it became a problem to be solved.
Ironically, August Weiss speculated that this was more of a problem with the army than with the police ("The Mauser Parabellum").
--Dwight