Safety equipped pistols will get me kilt in the streetz?

[mmc45414]

I also see a lack of consideration of injury... I once had fight where early on my right hand was broken... It would have been a challenge to defeat a thumb safety while still engaged in the physical altercation.

Yup, in the LE situation there is going to be a lot more likelihood that a gunfight starts after a fistfight escalates.

And I am still in a bit of a quandary on what to recommend to folks that I know are going to shoot some, but not a lot. Shot one of the SDVEs the other day and am half assed considering getting one so people can try it. The more deliberate trigger is what we would all call crappy, but it might be a nice compromise for a less dedicated shooter who is not going to be successful at great distance anyway. The 92D would probably be a good idea for the person who needs point and click, but would maybe be better off with point pull and click. But is its big and (relatively) expensive and discontinued.

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You know generations of kids had loaded guns in the house and managed to not go around shooting people.

Many perspectives in this thread I agree with:

Avoid being flippant in changing platforms.

Dry fire like heck.

If someone has trouble remembering the safety, then I have doubts of them remembering to keep their finger off the trigger and vice-versa.

Make certain the ergonomics work for you.

I'd like to add another manual-safety issue that people tend to bring up is if a child gets ahold of the gun. I always cringe at this. Yes, an extra step might make a difference, but things have already gotten really bad if a child gets ahold of an unsecured gun. I would tell customers at the counter that a manual safety does not make the gun childproof, and if the gun is not on their person in a proper holster, then it must be locked away.

Personally I find the biggest benefit to a manual safety (and a hammer for that matter) is the additional safety cushion when re-holstering. I think that benefit outweighs any possible fear of forgetting to unsafe while under stress.

[NETim]

Dryfire like heck.... with plenty of WHO/SHO work.

[jondoe297]

There is a certain level of amusement to be had from the fact that in this day and age, there are people who seem to think that they are the first to ponder that point of contention. Will this Yeager spinoff next post a video recommending either 9mm or 45 over the other?

[GardoneVT]

He still lists Director of Training for Tactical Response on his resume. Which, by the way, is a masterpiece in the art of "hilarious fluff-work."

http://www.valorridge.com/pages/reid-henrichs-biography

Was he "Director of Training" when this hot mess happened?

[fixer]

Was he "Director of Training" when this hot mess happened?

Whut...theeee....fuck

[spinmove_]

There is a certain level of amusement to be had from the fact that in this day and age, there are people who seem to think that they are the first to ponder that point of contention. Will this Yeager spinoff next post a video recommending either 9mm or 45 over the other?

Much like Yeager, he's a big proponent of 9mm, but he's been very careful to go out of his way of not caring what caliber you shoot.

[jondoe297]

Much like Yeager, he's a big proponent of 9mm, but he's been very careful to go out of his way of not caring what caliber you shoot.

The point of my post may have been missed. It was that the guy is a little late to the game on the safety/no safety debate. If he's going to make videos on points that were being debated over a decade ago, he may as well dive head-first into caliber as well.

[jondoe297]

Whut...theeee....fuck

Nothing that those mutants at TR do surprises me.

[Tamara]

And I am still in a bit of a quandary on what to recommend to folks that I know are going to shoot some, but not a lot. ... The more deliberate trigger is what we would all call crappy, but it might be a nice compromise for a less dedicated shooter who is not going to be successful at great distance anyway.

You know what? I carried 1911s with great three-and-a-half and four-pound triggers for many years, and I'll bet that I probably shoot the seven-pound trigger on the Glock I'm carrying now as good or better than I did any of them. Certainly when trying to go fast from the holster or shooting on the move.