Im with Barb on this one. We all have our preferences. I do not like to carry SA auto pistols cocked and locked. I hate safetys and always believe that in a stress situation one may just for a split moment forget to flip the safe off when suddenly confronted. I prefer DA only no safety. With adrenilin pumping I dont think the long pull of a DA is even noticed. I prefer revolvers to semi autos anyway except that they are limited with capacity. I have a keltec and it has the worst trigger pull I have ever experienced, makes my Sigma feel as if it was SA....but I know I have to pull the trigger. In the Army we were not permitted to carry our 1911's cocked and locked....I hated to carry it on duty because a gun wihout immediate ability to fire is like no gun at all. My humble opinion, and as I said we all have our "druthers"