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Originally Posted by thompal

Stop building straw men. I never said that a firearm would go off by itself.

If "the majority of armed professionals" thought you should whap yourself on the head, would that be good enough for you?

Go have your warm fuzzy. Just be careful re-holstering your safety-less pistol. You don't want to shoot yourself in the "upper leg" like some of the "professionals" have done.

If these professionals can't keep their finger off of the trigger while holstering, or pay attention to what they are doing, what makes you think that having a manual safety that they would first have to remember to engage make a difference?

I don't care if your firearm has zero safeties or twenty. The true safety, as already stated, is the one between your ears. All safeties be they internal or external have the ability to fail. So no matter what type of safety your pistols has you should always carry in a holster that completely cover the trigger. When unholstering/holstering always be aware of surroundings and keep pointed in a safe direction.