External safety for Glock?

[Wanderling]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread. But I added a Siderlock trigger safety to my G17 and I do feel it was well worth it. The argument "safety on the trigger is unsafe" is BS, IMHO. If you don't intend to shoot at the given moment, there's no reason to ever touch the trigger, safety or no safety. If you do intend to shoot, switching the safety off is going to be a conscious act just prior to shooting - so you WILL have the finger on the trigger in that situation one way or another, with or without safety. This safety, however, will prevent some NDs, especially if people other than owner accodentally get hold of this gun. Won't prevent every ND, but it will help some, and may save a life. Moreover, this particular safety type is not common and if some BG snatches the gun from you, there's a good chance they won't figure it out right away. I also find the motion of switching it off much more intuitive than Cominolli, although I've only tried the Cominolli once on someone's G19.

 

[GregGry]

To comment on this old thread:

Rather then spending money on a manual safety, it's smarter to go to a different gun you feel comfortable with or spend that money on some proper training. A glock ready to fire is a whole different ball game then a 1911. A lot of people think a glock is like a 1911 with no manual safety or grip safety. It's not, if you drop it it's not going to go off. The only thing that makes it go bang is pulling the trigger. If I was so careless with handling and holstering a glock that I needed to keep the trigger from being pulled with a device I don't think I would own a gun. A manual safety shouldn't be relied on to protect from NDs, that's what propper pistol handling should be for

 

[Balrog]

Rather then spending money on a manual safety, it's smarter to go to a different gun you feel comfortable with or spend that money on some proper training. A glock ready to fire is a whole different ball game then a 1911. A lot of people think a glock is like a 1911 with no manual safety or grip safety. It's not, if you drop it it's not going to go off. The only thing that makes it go bang is pulling the trigger. If I was so careless with handling and holstering a glock that I needed to keep the trigger from being pulled with a device I don't think I would own a gun. A manual safety shouldn't be relied on to protect from NDs, that's what propper pistol handling should be for

I think people who want external safeties on Glocks are well aware of that, and are just asking for another layer of protection against an accidental discharge. They know that good handling is important, and it is somewhat insulting to them for people against safeties to keep telling them that. They know it, and are just asking for a little extra protection in case something accidentally comes into contact with the trigger.

Its a bit like telling someone they don't need a seatbelt, that good driving is what prevents accidents. We know that good driving is important, and wear seat belts just in case.

In some markets, Glocks are sold with factory external safeties. Its not like Gaston thinks its heresy to put an external thumb safety on the Glock.