Originally Posted By: Doog
Originally Posted By: billt460
Originally Posted By: Chris B.
Should have got it without a manual safety.
Manual safety gets you killed under stress.
This I could not agree with more. It's one of the many reasons I own 6 Glock's. Simple is always better. Especially in high stress, dangerous situations. For all these people who tout how "dangerous" Glock's are because they don't have a bunch of extra safeties, I can point to far more cases where those safeties cost people their lives. Fumbling with a bunch of buttons and levers they wouldn't have had to if they weren't there. As I always say, show me a shooter that "needs" a safety, and I'll show you someone I don't want to be near when they're handling a weapon.
I disagree....I started out with a Browning HP 40 years ago...so all of my handguns have a manual safety because it is built in my muscle memory. I don't even think about clicking the safety off while drawing. So, I keep the same system as close as possible with all of my semi auto pistols. That said...my edc is a jframe anyway.
I agree with Doog. Safing and un-safing a weapon should be something you don't even remember doing, but it's done every time if you train for it. Now, as for a TS getting you killed under stress, I'll never believe that. It's a lack of situational awareness that will get you killed.