Bearwhisky
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Everyone safely manipulates until they are distracted.
Can you please explain, in-depth, how someone can be competent enough to have 100% perfect gun handling, yet a thumb safety is some magical device that makes them fall apart?
And can you also explain how having a single point of failure, with no backups, is better or “safer” than having a backup? You can use a vehicle how seatbelts and airbags are only a thing to make a driver complacent because if you drive perfectly, they are unnecessary… as an example.
Hmmm. So, there’s no situation where you would pull a pistol, and not immediately shoot it? You know- like say maybe in the woods around camp with a bear? Or after shooting a bear? Or about 50 other scenarios.
It all makes sense on a flat range with two hands gripping a gun. Very easy to manipulate a safety I’ll give you that…no reason for someone to have trouble manipulating one. If you are in a fight with a bear (or human) in close retention rolling around on the ground, shit happens. Scenario-hear a bump in thick brush, bear attacks you before you can react, you are rolling around on the ground fighting him off with one hand, gripping gun with other. Blood dripping from both of you and its everywhere. You have one hand holding on to the pistol for dear life with your thumb wrapped around the grip (this is the strongest digit on your hand ). You go to break thumb grip to disengage safety and the gun gets knocked out of your bloody hands. (You could insert a human for the bear that is actively trying to grab the firearms from you too, and the argument is stronger). Anything is possible and fights can get ugly, thats why I want one less layer of fine motor skills that isn’t necessary. Especially when considering operating it with one hand.
And yes plenty of situations where you would draw and not shoot. This falls under safely manipulate. Pistol in work space, actively searching and manipulating the gun with trigger finger on slide until ready to engage. This doesn’t require a safety. Walking around nonchalantly getting from point A to B and not actively working with the firearm but it still being in your hands or hanging free would require a safety. But I don’t do this, I put it in a quality holster instead.
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