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The 9 was a small double action only with tritium sights.
I'd get rid of that thing. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of helium with a half life of 12 years. Actually, if you held it in your hands, you're a goner.
Yes Tritium is radioactive, however its only a beta emitter, and the radiaton can be stopped by a thin sheet of plastic. It wont even penatrate the outer layers of dead skin. You get more radiation form being out in the sun, medical/dental x- rays or a cross country flight. This being said I wouldn't go chewing on those sights, but since it is an isotope of "hydrogen" it would bond with the water in your body and be flushed out in a matter of weeks.
Don't know if it true, but years ago I read an article about radio activity that said if you worked in Grand Central Station in NYC for a year you would receive the equivalent of a medical x-ray from the granite construction. 
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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