There is a reason a popular modification of the original and the re-introduced Centennial revolver was to pin the grip safety. If I recall, S&W even provided the pin and pre-drilled the grip safety and the grip frame on the re-introduced Centennial to allow the user to deactivate the hapless device prior to discontinuing it altogether on the reintroduced Centennial after that initial run.
I wanted to like the 9mm EZ, but alas, it was not to be due to the grip safety not always deactivating for me. They figured this out on the 1911 decades ago by either having your gunsmith pin it shut (the pin was vertical, engaging the bottom of the grip safely and the top of the mainspring housing, thereby not spoiling the exterior appearance of the weapon) or by placing a hump on its grip safety to be certain of deactivation. I am not an engineer, nor do I play one on TV, but a “positive deactivation hump” seems like a good idea on the EZ Series.
The idea of a grip safety seems like a good idea, but upon closer study, I am not convinced since gripping the firearm deactivates it, or at least it is supposed to do so. If the idea is to prevent your opponent from shooting you in a gun grab, I think it only works if the opponent is a “Glock limp wrister,” who does not grip the weapon tightly enough to fire it. I prefer positive deactivation over imagined safety from a “limp wristing” opponent.
