"There are two types of gun people: those who have had an accidental discharge, and those who have not had one YET."
I agree,carry a ccw or duty weapon long enough and you will have a AD or ND if you prefer. The person who keeps their firearms in the safe and shoots once a month or so,may never have it happen. Think of it like having a auto accident,the more time on the road,the higher chance you take. Bad example,but look at the Waco Raid tapes. The Federal Agent who went up on the roof accidently has a AD and puts a round through his leg. Brand of weapon(looks like Glock 17) was not important,but it happened. Now,this is trained officer who probably spent more time on the range and hogan's alley,then most of us combined. Now,if you obey the "rules" it will probably never happen
I think a 1911 style safety is a great idea for Glock. In fact,the 1911 safety is the most natural safety for me for me to put in action in a hurry. I'm surprised that other manufactuers have not already picked up on it. It's a lot easier to put in action then a slide mounted safety. And a plus is,if a bad guy gets your weapon away from you,you have a small insurance policy while you get your back-up into action or take other corrective action. I know that most of us will never have to worry about losing a weapon in the heat of action,but if you do,you have a couple of seconds before the bad guy figures out how to go bang. There is a reason that most police officers are required to make sure their vests will stop their duty weapons they carry. In fact,most police officers are shot with their own duty weapons,that a bad guy gets ahold of during a situation. We lost a officer in my state last year,when a mental case got his weapon out of his holster and shot him in the head at point blank range with his own duty weapon. Another reason L.E carry a quality holster is to reduce a chance of losing their weapon. I guess holster's are my pet peeve. I hate to see someone with a $500 ccw pistol stuffed in their pocket or belt.
I think the 1911 safety is a great idea on a Glock. A good thing just got better!! I have always felt kinda funny with a Glock trigger mounted safety. Reminds me of having the brakes of a car mounted on the gas peddle. Or better yet,no brakes and being told to keep your foot off the gas to prevent accidents. A friend of mine used to carry his 1911 locked and cocked,thumb safety off. His argument was the 1911 had several safety devices and leaving the thumb safety off made it faster to get into action. No one is trying to take anyone's pistol away by adding a extra option for it.
