“Lack of a thumb safety was a deal breaker for me.”
That’s my issue as well.
I understand why people don’t want a thumb safety, but weighing the risk/reward of that .25 second loss and the very real concern with an accidental fire made me chose a Ruger SR40c in most states where I carry.
In NYC, I’m limited to a revolver (.357 7 shot) because my lawyer knew he could get a revolver permitted. Lot better than no pistol!
I proper holster (IWB or OWB) that guards the trigger and has proper retention, along with good trigger finger discipline, solves the AD issue, but everyone has to decide what they are comfortable with.
And any gun is better than no gun when you need it. ;)
I proper = A proper... :)
It is not the time to take a gun off safe that puts me off having a safety in a self-defense firearm. It is that I can’t guarantee I will remember to deactivate the safety in the stress of a life and death encounter. Sure you can try to train for it, but you just can’t guarantee you will have the presence of mind to take the safety off when that machete wielding perp is closing in on your 21-foot buffer distance.
Without a safety, you aim and go bang. With a safety, if for any reason during the stress of combat you forget to take off the safety, you aim and go “what? huh?” And that can be the difference between life and death.
Kudos to all you who know you will not have the problem. With me, I can’t so guarantee and so I would rather have a semi-auto that behaves like a revolver. Aim and go bang and use your trigger finger for a safety. Off target, off trigger.
That's no limitation, my FRiend :)