You'll shoot your.......Hand off!!

A sear safety usually found exclusively on police lugers is riveted to the frame above the sear and rests on top of a cut out sideplate. If the Luger is dissambled while the gun is still loaded, a pin on the sear bar locks the the transfer bar up so the luger cannot be fired with the sideplate removed. With out a sear safety, you can drop the pin on a luger by simply pressing on the transfer bar after the sideplate is off. I often wondered why the Germans thought the police should have this safety device. Is it because they thought the police were a lot more careless than the military or lacked proper training?????