Thread: Why have a thumb safety on an M&P Pistol!
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Old 04-11-2016, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 5Wire View Post
Maybe I missed it but if you have a Shield, aside from "guns are always to be considered loaded," how is it possible to know there is or is not a round in the chamber?

I know, I know, there's a "loaded chamber indicator" either a tiny hole to visually check or a protruding ramp for tactile confirmation. Mine has the little hole. If it's dark it doesn't work.

Aside from racking the slide enough to see if the bullet fairy left one ready to go, how does one know? Safeties definitely have their place.
If it's your EDC there should be one in the tube. Unless more that one person has access to the firearm in my situation it's 100% that there is one in the chamber. Also, I carry IWB and put the safety on when blind re holstering and flip it off when it's back in place.