Alarm Bells Ringing

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by PK198105

comparing weapon handling to parallel parking is silly. one can kill you the other can't.

Most guns in the US don't kill anyone. They gather dust in drawers.

In contrast parallel parking is mildly hazardous if you accidentally hit someone else's car and they take umbrage and break your ass for it.

Originally Posted by PK198105

if you need a string to keep it off the ground you shouldn't own a gun.

Matter of fact it's kind of chilling to think that maybe Glock is offering a lanyard because of inner city fashion - kids who "drive by" might sometimes catch return fire or get overly excited and drop the piece by mistake. In either case a lanyard facilitates retention of the piece, allowing it to be disposed of in order to frustrate a murder conviction.

Meanwhile the shootee in your cruiser gets dumped at a local hospital to meet their fate.

I don't use lanyards myself but I think that there is some merit to them. The lanyard keeps you from dropping it if you were to be smacked or wounded during an exchange. If you hold the piece muzzle high the lanyard will not interfere, the position is natural for a reload (hand finds hand) and then you can continue to fire.

Gene

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by PK198105

combat is a different story you depend on your weapon, but if its meant to prevent accidental droppage by mr/mrs butterfingers then these peple should not be left unattended with a weapon by themselves

A lanyard is usually far too long to "prevent" anything except loss. I think, most of the time, will hit the ground anyhow. So "butter fingers" don't get any benefit from one of those.

It's a very very rare person who routinely drops a firearm. They tend to be weighty, when you drop them at the least you bang them up a bit and ruin their value, and most people are schooled from the get go to use them carefully. I think you'll find that you don't have much cause for concern about that issue.

Gene

[Nigal]

Originally Posted by GeneW

Most guns in the US don't kill anyone. They gather dust in drawers.

I actually need to buy a new holster because I've worn a hole through mine.

These lanyards are much nicer than the WWII looking design in the OP. These are the type I've seen some of the troops using.