A Nurse with a Gun
Labels: Colt New Agent, Gunsmithing
posted by Xavier at 2:58 PM
Xavier is a Registered Nurse who specialized in complex wound care. He has practiced for over fourteen years in his community. He often provided nursing service in areas where law enforcement refused to enter without back-up. Xavier now works in surgery. Xavier has been an avid shooter for over 30 years. He strongly supports the 2nd Amendment, opposes gun control of any sort, and carries a weapon 24 hours a day. Xavier is known on various internet gun forums as XavierBreath. He is married with three children, and is moderated by an apathetic one eyed cat, a goofy Golden Retriever, and a stalwart German Shepherd Dog. One day, he hopes to be deserving of them all.
Domari Nolo
Xavier can still be emailed at
treatmewithbenignneglect@gmail.com
He might read your email.
He might delete it on sight.
He might publish it and comment on it.
The Four Rules
1. All firearms are always loaded
2. Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at anything you are not willing to destroy
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot
4. Be sure of your target and what lies beyond it
The Five Rules of Concealed Carry
1. Your concealed handgun is for protection of life only.
2. Know exactly when you can use your gun.
3. If you can run away -- RUN!
4. Display your gun, be prepared to go to jail.
5. Don't let your emotions get the best of you.
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9 Comments:
looks nice to me!
Good to hear it's still working out for you.
I'm torn right now between a Colt New Agent or a Dan Wesson Commander Classic Bobtail for my next CCW piece.
Decisions, decisions...
Regarding your trigger job. I have been cautioned by many a shooter against doing anything to the trigger of a carry gun. In their opinion, a sharp lawyer would use that in an attempt to prove that you adjusted your gun to make it easier to kill someone.
Personally, I would love to have some of the pre-travel slack taken from my XD. I've actually had a gunsmith tell me that they would not do a trigger job on it if I carry it.
What are Xavier's Thoughts?
Keith,
That is often cited, but in practice it is seldom done. It is/was a factor that Mas ayoob spoke about, as well as single action and DA/SA firearms.
Only in one case that I am aware of, a negligent discharge that resulted in the death of the shooter's secretary, was the issue of a "sweetened" trigger ever brought into play. In that instance it was used to show "recklessness" to the jury. The jury bought it because the defendant had inadequate counsel.
I think that the advisement of this type of work being done to any gun depends on the political climate of your local court systems. You should know and heed that climate. Why any gun? Because any gun could be used in self defense.
Actually the same argument could be used for full capacity magazines, night sights, rubber grips, a kydex holster, and even eating a good solid meal prior to a shooting. Work done on a firearm does not demonstrate mens rea. A decent defense attorney would eat such an argument alive.
Xavier,
What brand is that solid long trigger? Is it made of aluminum?
Thanks
It's an aluminum trigger from a NRM Colt Commander.
Xavier,
Thanks for your answer. It even made me look up the term "mens rea." I've never heard of that before, but after looking it up, I now have a better understanding of the argument.
So, do you, like, have plans for that old trigger, the one with the three holes in it? (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
Chris,
I usually place them in a mason jar on a shelf high in my gun room. Triggers can be dangerous things, you know...........
Seriously, I hang on to them in case i decide to sell the gun, or my tastes change.
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