An interesting tidbit regarding the Glock 34 -
The MA target roster covers guns that are "designed and market solely for formal competition target shooting". I was contacted the Glock's chief legal counsel regarding the MA situation, and I explained the statutory testing requirement, the alternative "target list", and the fact that the AG's regs contain an exemption for formal target shooting guns (Including on the target list represents an EOPS finding that gun is indeed designed and marketed only for formal competition target shooting).
I was really hoping I could get Glock to submit an application to get the Glock 34 on the roster. After looking into it, Glock's counsel advised me that they had marketed that model for both competition and defensive use, and the company was not in a position to make a written statement that this model had been "Designed and marketed solely for formal competition shooting".
Oh yeah - the Glock 34 trigger is heavy enough to pass any reasonable 3# trigger pull test. It's claimed to be 3lb, but in reality, tends to measure a bit higher.
It is very easy to draw a crisp line regarding trigger pull - in fact, it's VERY easy to find MANY reputable trainers who will state that carrying a gun with a 2.5lb trigger on the street is not advisable. It's much harder to find a universal consensus as to exactly what level of slide length makes a gun uncarryable.
One thing that we did not get into was "marketing statements" by the manufacturer, but instead considered suitability for carry purposes. If someone produced a gun with a 1lb trigger and labeled in the "Urban Carry Special", that wouldn't make it a carry gun - any more than calling a dog's tail a leg gives you a 5 legged dog. The converse is also true - the label "comp" does not mean something is not carryable.
The "carry" makes no statement about "concealed", and a DOH holster could indeed be carried openly.
The disagreement is a very legitimate basis for a discussion of the issue. All the other points are contortions to fit a desired conclusion to the existing framework.