I have to digress a little at first to explain why I came up with the super safe Glock; and I will be a little wordy. There is always a thread that pops now and then about a thumb safety on a Glock and much howling about Glock needs no such safety; although a few of Glocks competitors offer a thumb safety on their plastic fantastic pistols. Also, I have a friend, who goes into a tirade about no safety whenever Glock is mentioned. He says it is insane to not have a safety on a pistol. He points out that all long arms have safeties. True; but long arms are not carried in a holster with the trigger covered. I have two friends, who carry their Glocks Israeli style with nothing in the chamber. That is a carry I simply do not approve of.
I can well understand why police do not want a safety. Their encounters are usually close and they have to able to pull their pistols for instant use. I have watched a CQB police instructor practice and his target was very close. He was very fast.
Now we always here about " Glock Leg," even though hundreds of thousands of Glock users use the Glock everyday without incident. I have talked to a police officer who accidentally dropped his Glock and instinctively grabbed for it. He was looking right down the bore of the pistol. He could have gotten shot. So things can happen where it is good to have a safety. However no one wants to abandon a pistol that is legendary for being durable, reliable, dependable, simple and relatively inexpensive. Loved by both
the bean counters and the troops.
So here is my simple solution to the problem. Order a quality thumb break holster from a quality holster maker. Do not take the pistol out of the holster when taking it off your belt. It cannot fall out of the thumb break holster and the pistol's trigger will always remain covered. Only take the pistol out of the holster when you intend to shoot it. You now have what I call the super safe Glock. As the old saying goes - there is more than one way to skin a cat.
I can well understand why police do not want a safety. Their encounters are usually close and they have to able to pull their pistols for instant use. I have watched a CQB police instructor practice and his target was very close. He was very fast.
Now we always here about " Glock Leg," even though hundreds of thousands of Glock users use the Glock everyday without incident. I have talked to a police officer who accidentally dropped his Glock and instinctively grabbed for it. He was looking right down the bore of the pistol. He could have gotten shot. So things can happen where it is good to have a safety. However no one wants to abandon a pistol that is legendary for being durable, reliable, dependable, simple and relatively inexpensive. Loved by both
the bean counters and the troops.
So here is my simple solution to the problem. Order a quality thumb break holster from a quality holster maker. Do not take the pistol out of the holster when taking it off your belt. It cannot fall out of the thumb break holster and the pistol's trigger will always remain covered. Only take the pistol out of the holster when you intend to shoot it. You now have what I call the super safe Glock. As the old saying goes - there is more than one way to skin a cat.
