 The ability to fire the Type 94 without pulling the trigger gave rise to war stories of Japanese soldiers surrendering, only to fire the pistol, earning the pistol monikers such as the "suicide special" and the "surrender pistol".These stories are widely discredited because of the difficulty to fire the weapon by squeezing the sear bar.If the safety is engaged on the Type 94 it is impossible for the weapon to discharge unintentionally.