I'm a certified Glock nut. With that out of the way. . . .
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Originally Posted by Joe Williams  Carrying a single action pistol with no manual safety with a round in the chamber is an extra risk. |
Are you suggesting that a Glock is a single-action pistol? That is not
quite true. Its actually a striker-fired "Safe Action" pistol. Pulling the trigger doesn't simply "drop the hammer", like a true single-action. It is also not a true DAO.
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Originally Posted by thompal Just be careful re-holstering your safety-less pistol. |
This is also not true. Although Glocks do not have manual safeties, they have 3
passive safeties. This means that a round is fired only after a deliberate pull of the trigger to the rear.
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All that being said, it is my opinion that "safety" is a matter of mindset, and not mechanics.
Crowding a gun with internal locks and manual safeties complicates the weapon and could potentially make it more difficult to deploy effectively against an attacker in a stressful situation. That is not to say that you cannot train yourself to utilize a handgun with a manual safety (many have), just that it is a more complex manual of arms.
At the very least, I wouldn't advise anyone to constantly switch between carrying a DAO and a single-action, or a DA/SA and single-action. When the stuff hits the fan, you'll forget which gun you decided to carry that day.