Xavier responds to my piece on safeties
My argument is that we fight as we train. If a person goes to the range and loads and shoots their pistol without ever disengaing the safety........Because they never engaged the safety, the liklihood is fair to high they will forget to disengage the safety in a crunch. However, if a person loads their pistol, chambers a round, engages the safety, and then holsters the weapon prior to drawing and shooting.......Every time they fire the weapon, then disengaging the safety becomes as natural as placing a finger on the trigger to fire the gun. If holster draws are not allowed at your range, load the pistol, chamber a round, engage the safety and table the weapon. Step away. Clear your head. Then step forward, pick up the weapon, bring it on target, disengage the safety and fire the pistol.
My argument is that we fight as we train. If a person goes to the range and loads and shoots their pistol without ever disengaing the safety........Because they never engaged the safety, the liklihood is fair to high they will forget to disengage the safety in a crunch.
However, if a person loads their pistol, chambers a round, engages the safety, and then holsters the weapon prior to drawing and shooting.......Every time they fire the weapon, then disengaging the safety becomes as natural as placing a finger on the trigger to fire the gun. If holster draws are not allowed at your range, load the pistol, chamber a round, engage the safety and table the weapon. Step away. Clear your head. Then step forward, pick up the weapon, bring it on target, disengage the safety and fire the pistol.
His point is as valid as mine since they both rely on the same thing - training. When the shit hits the fan, your body will go into "automaton mode". However you trained will be how you operate. If you prefer safeties, then train, train, train until removing the safety is done unconsciously. Otherwise, you risk a non-fire because you failed to disengage the damned thing.
On the Glock, I have nothing to worry about. There is no safety that I have to do anything about. However, on the rifle I may start practicing disengaging the safety since the very nature of it being there means that when the poop hits the air flow device, it will be engaged, so it behooves me to practice disengaging it.