{"id":7230,"date":"2022-03-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=7230"},"modified":"2022-03-23T12:06:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T16:06:43","slug":"before-you-modify-your-firearm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/before-you-modify-your-firearm\/","title":{"rendered":"BEFORE YOU MODIFY YOUR FIREARM\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2026it\u2019s a good idea to make sure it\u2019s staying within factory safety specs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, I\u2019ve lost count over the years of how many criminal cases and lawsuits were hung on the hook of the defendant \u201cnegligently modifying the firearm in question.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Most common among these is the \u201chair trigger\u201d allegation.&nbsp;&nbsp;You wouldn\u2019t think a lawyer \u201cout to get you\u201d would allege that you did it by accident, but it happens.&nbsp;&nbsp;In criminal cases, prosecutors know it\u2019s easier to convince the jury that someone made a reckless mistake (a key ingredient for Manslaughter) than that they were filled with malice (the key ingredient for a Murder conviction).&nbsp;&nbsp;In civil lawsuits, there\u2019s a different motive: a homeowner\u2019s insurance policy most likely won\u2019t pay for a \u201cwillful tort\u201d \u2013 your deliberate, intentional act which harmed another \u2013 but WILL have to pay off for negligence, which is exactly what liability policies are for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an article I did on modification of GLOCK pistols for&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.3dissue.net\/35876\/35841\/36186\/66803\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GLOCK ANNUAL.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>It appears in the current issue.&nbsp;&nbsp;Note that the popular expedient of installing a 3.5\/4.5 pound trigger in your GLOCK pistol is forbidden by the manufacturer.&nbsp;The article, and indeed the whole magazine, can be found here, thanks to the generosity of GLOCK, publisher Bang Media, and editor Shirley Steffen:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026it\u2019s a good idea to make sure it\u2019s staying within factory safety specs. For instance, I\u2019ve lost count over the years of how many criminal cases and lawsuits were hung on the hook of the defendant \u201cnegligently modifying the firearm in question.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Most common among these is the \u201chair trigger\u201d allegation.&nbsp;&nbsp;You wouldn\u2019t think a lawyer \u201cout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7232,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions\/7232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}