Crime is Slate’s crime blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatecrime. I write a lot about “accidental” child shooting deaths—the stories of children who kill themselves or other kids ...

While many handguns have much heavier trigger pulls, it’s clear that others have precisely the same trigger pull weight as a Glock, and have for decades. It seems likely that the “light trigger pull” ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Glock calls the striker-fired system its “Safe Action” operating system, and there is a lot of truth to that. Without human interaction, the three safeties, including ...