Wreck-n-Crew
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On the note of manual safeties being a hindrance to safety, there have been several cases where the lack of an external safety became fatal
Kids and guns for one. Seconds and barriers count when one finds a way into their hands.How do you figure?
What about the case where the woman took kids out shopping to spend their Christmas Gift cards at Wal-Mart. Toddler reaches in the purse that is within reach ( and designed for gun carry from what reports i have read) and shoots the mother with a gun that had no manual safety. We all know the outcome. Would a safety have been better here? At some point "finger off the trigger" is only one precaution. Training only a second. In this case a third would have made a difference.
How many people (anything from well trained to no training) have accidentally discharged a weapon that had no manual safety? Including LE like the most recent incident where an officer shot himself in an elevator. He should have been aware, it was against his training, yet had it had a safety that he was trained with it would have not went off! I am not advocating a manual safety. Just pointing out that safeties can save life and limb if used properly and there is just as much a reason to have one as not.
A manual safety is an extra measure. I already mentioned the use In the civilian market and there are some who are better off with one. The majority of gun owners know very little about guns. Many just the basics of the gun/guns they own. How Many of them put their finger on the trigger every time they grab a gun? (If I only had a dollar for every time i have seen it myself). Who are we to tell people that they shouldn't have an extra measure of safety being that they can't keep their finger off the trigger? Who are we to tell them to take more training? Who are we to say they have the wrong gun? In the end it's a matter choice, not a fact either way.
Going off topic too far on a response here. The OP clearly does not want a safety anyway.