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Originally Posted by Ram Rod
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Hey, Ram Rod, what's your carry gun again...?
Okay, I want to offer the alternative viewpoint here: a manual safety is not a necessity and should never be a crutch for bad weapons handling,
but that does not mean it is not a viable option. A manual safety is a good option, for example, if you are more concerned with retention issues than with needing an extra split second to make a decision on a first shot.
By the way, if the only necessary safety is the brain-to-finger connection, then why don't you all carry around 1911s cocked and
unlocked with pinned grip safeties? After all, it can't go off unless you pull the trigger, and you obviously don't need a long double-action trigger pull to keep you from breaking an unwanted shot, and we know all you striker-fired guys are all about the consistent trigger pull...
For the record, I own DA/SA guns and would carry a cocked-and-locked SAO gun. I have almost no interest in DAO autoloaders or striker fired guns. YMMV.