I disagree because our current military uses many weapons with a manual safety. I believe they would stand a higher chance at getting killed than the average citizen. Plus let's not forget many people train themselves to instinctively click their safety off. And others just don't use the safety at all. In the case of the shield it's a matter of preference, I guess.

But IMO it's a marketing gimmick by s&w. They need to make a quick buck. So they introduce a new weapon that's 99.9% identical to the old one. Yet they charge u more for it. It's not like they needed much R&D to figure out how to remove the safety lol.