Totally agree. I carried a 1911 that Uncle Pat helped me source and set up for more than half my career. I have seen many cops break thumbs in fights and it never occurred to me to "what if" BBI's scenario. I ASSumed that I would revert to WHO, given all the WHO shooting I have done and all the lefties I have coached. So I went into dry practive mode this morning and found a couple of work arounds. They suck, but probably less than being in that position without a workaround in the first place.
I know it is controversial here, but being a young fan of @
Mas and @
DocGKR that it has been my personal policy for the last 30 or so years to use the manual safety on every gun that has one. Beretta 92s, S&W Third gen, even Ruger P89s. It requires practice and I have rather long thumbs, so it is literally no big deal for me. To me, choosing between a 92D and a 92G lies in the queston of "are you going to use the safety as a safety, all the time, or as a decocker, all the time?"
Training shooters who cannot consistently reach/deactivate a (slide mounted) safety as part of the drawstroke due to physical/structural issues is another issue, and requires an exception to my rule.
pat