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Old 11-15-2014, 12:58 PM
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Default Do any LE agencies issue S&W M&P's with manual safety?

I always thought a perfect gun for Law Enforcement would be the Smith M&P pistol with a thumb safety. Its very easy to train to flick the safety off during the draw and before the gun is on target so no time is lost. Also a lot of negligent discharges occur during reholstering so the safety is always on before the gun goes back in the holster. Massad Ayoob always liked tradition double action autos carried with the safety on in case of a gun grab. I've heard all the reasons not to have a manual safety....the best safety is between the ears, keep your booger hook off the trigger, blah, blah, blah. But a lot of things happen when your under duress, injured, tired, sick, bloody, distracted, depressed, rushed, etc. I've heard of cops, after firing shots with Sigs or Berettas forgetting to de-cock when they reholster and that's a little scary, and we have all heard of Glocks getting there trigger snagged on something during reholstering. Loose clothing, jacket draw strings, worn out or flawed holsters, limbs from vegetation, etc.
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... I've heard of cops, after firing shots with Sigs or Berettas forgetting to de-cock when they reholster and that's a little scary ...
They may forget to de-cock a Sig or Beretta, but they will not forget to engage a safety?

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The ultimate in safe guns would be a S&W revolver with both a DAO modification and a Magna-Trigger modification.

No need to ever manipulate a safety
No need to ever manually cock or de-cock
No possibility of a "gun grab"

Gun Safety Add-ons, Smart Guns, Magna-Trigger
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They may forget to de-cock a Sig or Beretta, but they will not forget to engage a safety?

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But it has a longer and harder trigger pull like a Glock or non safety M&P so it would be at least as safe as those guns if someone once forgot to engage the safety before reholstering. A cocked Sig or Beretta would just take a very slight bump of the trigger when reholstering to discharge.
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