gun recalls and warnings

[65mustang]

I found this site while researching a S&W 469 9mm I just bought.
http://www.firearmsid.com/Recalls/FA_Recalls%205.htm

Check out what it says for the Walther P-38's below. If I am reading it right some morons modify the safety so it will shoot full auto when you engage the safety without pulling the trigger!

WALTHER
MODEL P-38,
9MM LUGER CALIBER, PISTOLS

WARNING: Converted to FULLY-AUTOMATIC FIRING

Officers should exercise extreme caution with any Walther P38 type pistol. Law enforcement agencies at the Federal, State and local levels plus branches of the U.S. and Canadian military service have encountered Walther P38s having a potentially hazardous conversion.

The conversion consists of a modified firing pin, which is activated by placing the safety in the safe position. When the safety is placed in this position, the weapon will immediately fire without the trigger being pulled if a round is in the chamber. If the safety is engaged with the slide open the weapon will fire in the full automatic mode as soon as the slide is closed. The full automatic is activated by the safety alone. The conversion can be accomplished on post-war P38s made by Walther or Manurhin, manufactured since April 1940. Full automatic fire may be accomplished by changing the thumb safety lever.

There is no field test, which can be performed to determine if a P38 has this conversion installed and there are no visible modifications. Consequently, any Walther P38 type pistols encountered should be handled in the following manner:

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Wow. Just wow. Some people just amaze me. I'd say they're likely to be eligible for the Darwin's Awards... but it will probably be an innocent bystander or a police officer that will suffer the consequences. Fucking idiots.