Thank you for sharing the activities in the summit.

-Rob

If the kid decides to pull the trigger, then it works.

If the kid watches any TV they know how to rack the slide….chances are good they’ll do that first anyway.

This will sell great.. to people too lazy to properly store their guns.

I specifically recommended a “quick access” safe or device, not something like a cable or trigger lock. I will admit that if used properly, your device will be very quick. I will even concede that your device is ingenious in it’s design. It’s just that the design doesn’t take the affects of life or death stress into account.

I won’t restate everything I said in response to your daughter Claire’s comment, but I will highlight the point about not knowing that you don’t have a usable firearm until it’s too late. Yes, your device will be very quick if you have remembered, and were able to properly perform, the procedure prior to engaging the threat. If you haven’t done so, you will find out when you can least afford to, when you are attempting to put rounds on target. As clumsy as a cable lock is, you know that the firearm isn’t ready as soon as you pick it up. A biometric safe is much less clumsy and provides a similar benefit.

I’d be happy to meet with you to evaluate your device. I’d have to limit it to 11 rounds since New York State has that limit for my handgun, though anything beyond the first round doesn’t matter in this comparison. I feel no need and feel it would be irresponsible to my family to “put my money where my mouth is” but I’d write about the results here. If you’d rather send me some 9mm and .38spl safety rounds I’d gladly do some timings on my own and report here as well.

Every safety device is a compromise, and we all get to pick what compromises we make. I still feel that yours has too many issues to recommend it for a defensive firearm.

In a “real situation”, the trigger is not going to be pulled unless there is an immediate and deadly threat on my own or a loved one’s life. My state laws make it clear that I shouldn’t be using my firearm defensively in any other circumstance.

With that in mind, if, under great stress, I forget to perform the procedure your device requires to make the firearm operable, that first pull of the trigger will render it inoperable. Even in an ideal situation, reset rod in my pocket, I doubt there will be time to clear your device before the attacker is upon me. Hence my use of “rest of your life”. Perhaps I should have said “rest of your short life” to make it more clear.

Remember, your device provides no indication that the firearm is in a non-usable state. Loaded chamber indicators and strikers or hammers will show that it is ready to go. Even a press check will show brass in the chamber. It’s not until a shot is attempted that things go awry.

I believe I completely understand how the device works, I’ve watched all your videos and read up on it. It’s pretty obvious that I don’t own it, but the operation is quite simple and understandable from the very descriptive information your site provides.

I maintain that it has no place in a defensive firearm. As I stated in my original post, I don’t have an issue with it for stored firearms.