Originally Posted by
YVK
I don't see a straw argument, he is absolutely right.
We tell everyone they'll be going home if they dropped their guns, both USPSA and IDPA. Because rules.
At the tame time we tell everyone that trying to catch a falling gun is a nonono. Because nobody wants to be shot.
Last time I saw a shooter catch a gun was during my second to last match. First stage of the match, sitting start, his 2011 got snatched by a chair, dude caught it and went on shooting. If he hadn't done it, he would've been DQ'd without shooting a single round in a match.
DQ'ing for a dropped gun is dumb. Considering costs and time investments going into attending matches, shooters do not want to let it happen and people do try to catch their gats or keep holding onto them when letting go would be a better decision. Obviously DQ doesn't make anything more or less safe because it happens after the fact. Normal guns don't go off when dropped but, of course, making a requirement that all guns have working drop safeties would be bad for business.