Fear of non-external safety

[Wesley Willis]

i think its just lack of trust or comfort on there part i carry a glock 19 with one in the pipe... i know glocks very well and there dangers but when shtf messing with a safety is the last thing i need to do if your not comfortable carrying a striker fire when consider a decocker or a revolver there are other choices

I tried to read this about three or four times. Now I have a headache.

 

[Lytlewaitandbleed]

I already knew they weren't right in the head when they said the Beretta 92FS is a much better gun than the Glock 19 and 17.

 

[JohnP82]

To each his own, but I think if you asked them why they believe an external safety is safer, they will reveal a distrust in their ability to properly deploy the weapon in a heated situation and hurt themselves or someone else.

Very well said Que! Again, to each his own and at least they do carry and they carry in a way that they are comfortable with, but if you know how to properly handle firearms at all times and use your brain as safety #1 then a firearm with no external safety is just as safe. External safties can fail anyway, so the first safety you rely on should always be proper handling skills.

 

[mizzi]

sig p226... no external safety (except the trigger, decocker and to hell and back reliability)... greatest handgun on this planet. Inform your family with haste.

 

[leftsock]

I've taken some friends out shooting and they inevitably ask me where is/why isn't there a safety on the Glock. They all receive the same explanation that when they don't want to shoot the gun, they should keep their finger off of the ****ing trigger.

 

[mizzi]

Well said, leftsock!

cannon safety.... don't light the fuse!!!

 

[thompal]

To each his own, but I think if you asked them why they believe an external safety is safer, they will reveal a distrust in their ability to properly deploy the weapon in a heated situation and hurt themselves or someone else.

Which is essentially the same argument used by the Glock fanbois: they don't trust their ability to properly deploy the weapon and will be unable to get it into play.

 

[OS3-USN]

Safety's are a false sense of security

I disagree. I see it as another layer of safety.

 

[critter592]

I like the DA/SA pistols where you can de-cock it with one in the chamber and it still goes bang.

Your decocker makes your gun go bang? Isn't that called the trigger?

 

[Mrmonte]

I disagree. I see it as another layer of safety.

Thats exactly what it is.

I dont carry a handgun with an external safety but I woudnt rule out one just because it has an additional layer of saftey built in....Thats silly

 

[MrSmitty]

I used to think that way till I got my Kel-Tec P-11, it's all about habit, make it a habit to not put your finger in the trigger guard, always assume it's loaded, I know now when ever I pick up my gun it's loaded, and if I want to show it to someone at home I unload it!, and of course if I need it, I habit!...(sorry had to put in a bad pun!)

 

[youngda9]

I will not carry a gun WITH an external safety Forgetting to flip off the safety in a stressful situation...could get me killed. None of my handguns have an external safety.

Draw, aim, shoot...doesn't need to be more complicated than that.

 

[iChokePeople]

I will not carry a gun WITH an external safety Forgetting to flip off the safety in a stressful situation...could get me killed. None of my handguns have an external safety.

Draw, aim, shoot...doesn't need to be more complicated than that.

You're not worried that you'll forget to pull the trigger? I've never understood why people are completely confident that they'll instinctively remember THAT finger twitch, but not that they'll remember the other one. If you've trained properly, the two actions should be equally ingrained and instinctive.

 

[paperboy]

I think the best safety is your trigger finger and whats between your ears!!!!! If I was ever in a bad situation (hopefully I won't ever be in one) I wouldn't want to have to think about flipping a safety off.

 

[hoosierbulldog]

Check out SA's site...most of their handguns don't have a thumb safety, but they have elements that force using the proper grip, and using your head before it will fire.

Springfield Armory

 

[gunman41mag]

I had a 357 MAGNUM REVOLVER in my glove box & father-in-law told me to give one of his employee a ride to go pick up the food my father-in-law had order for all of the employee, as I was backing out of the body shop, the crazy mother flecther, opened my glove box grab my gun & stuck the gun out the window & fired all six rounds. The safety is not for me, it's for those crazy MOFO that mite grab your gun

 

[Rob377]

I'd rather have an external safety than a long heavy DA pull that functions as a safety.

Fortunately, there are designs that require neither.

 

[Wwwildthing]

Strangely enough... the Glock manual recommends that you carry on a empty chamber.

Personally, I prefer this.

 

[CalebToNowhere]

Agreed. +1

I would "NOT" carry a gun unless I can COCK-N-LOCK it

 

[CalebToNowhere]

Every time I go for my CZ-75 or 1911, my thumb is all ready resting on the safety

Off topic a tick, but how do you like the CZ-75? I've never had the opportunity to pick one up. I do have a CZ-52, but that's a whole other thread entirely...