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Ruger’s P90 beat every other double-action .45 tested and became the issue weapon for author’s police department in 1993, along with Safariland SS-III security holster.

It is common knowledge that a light trigger pull – what a lay person would call a “hair trigger” – is more conducive to the accidental discharge of a firearm than a long, heavy trigger pull that requires a deliberate action. Cocking a gun, or pointing an already cocked gun at a suspect, could therefore be seen as negligence. Now, the key ingredient of a manslaughter conviction was in place.

It reached a point where prosecutors would actually manufacture a “negligent hair trigger argument” even in cases where the gun was never cocked. One such case, State of Florida v. Officer Luis Alvarez, is mentioned elsewhere in this book. Alvarez’ department responded by rendering all the issue service revolvers double-action-only. Some saw this as a weak concession to political correctness. It must be pointed out, however, that if the double-action-only policy had been in place before the shooting, the prosecution never would have had that false hook on which to hang the case, to begin with.