@meso@icedquinn@enigmatico@arcana i absolutely know what the safety is but (talking judt abt civies no idea abt the military) i dont know if the security it conveys is worth the downside of an extra mechanism that can fail or an extra step a non gun obssessed person like me needs to train for. if you are holding a gun, at any point in time you should be already doing like FOUR other things simultaneously as “safety” to ensure nothing you dont want to shoot gets shot. and you should do them so naturally that you dont even have to think about it and if you dont you should not carry a gun with you. i will gladly include myself in this, i didnt nd while i was at the range but i dont feel these things are ingrained in me enough to carry a gun out and about or even use it in self defense so if someone magically offered/allowed me a gun rn to concealed carry for self defense i would not