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Originally Posted by DC2.2GSR
everyone has their own preferences and that's fine, but try to look at it a different way...
in my opinion, to learn proper firearm handling with a gun that has an external safety is like learning to bowl with bumpers. when you finally remove the bumpers, you'll suck at bowling because you've been using a crutch the entire time. if you rely on the fact that your gun has a safety, you could easily develop bad habits. i've seen it happen many times at probably every range i've ever been to... someone always manages to say something along the lines of "nah man, it's cool.. the safety's on."
that's the wrong attitude to have since a firearm is never really 'safe' with one in the chamber. if you learn on a weapon without an external safety, you're forced to treat the weapon like it's supposed to be treated all the time. you'll have no excuses or crutches.
also you mention having children... that really has nothing to do with anything. if the weapon is going to be stored somewhere, it will be unloaded or at least with nothing in the chamber. if the kid gets to it somehow, pulling the trigger won't do anything. if the kid is old/smart/strong enough to put in a mag and work the slide, then a safety obviously won't do a thing. if you're going to carry it all the time then it will be holstered and children should be taught not to grab at it or touch it at all. either way, children who cannot be trusted (including those too young to be trusted yet) have no business being around firearms at all. hell, adults who can't be trusted shouldn't be around them either.
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I agree with all your points and I personally have followed that type of training in my own life. But i was replying to a question asked by someone who was asking for advice on what handgun to buy. I own a few Glocks, Sigs, HK's and Beretta. My personal opinion on Glocks is not that favorable. One of the factors is that i think that they are not for first time users. My main reason is that they dont offer the extra level of security of an external safety.
Golcks are very dependable, durable, made well and offer high capacity magazines. You can easily find parts and can be fired round after round with little care and cleaning. One the down side i have a some things that i dont like. I dont like the rear U-type factory sight. The sights are also not effective at night. The trigger compared to other pistols requires an uneven pull to fire. The break point on my pistols was very rough before i had them worked on by a gun smith. For me the down side is much larger than the upside.