The issue really isn't having A safety, it's having THE SHIELD safety. And the Shield safety sucks. I've seen several cases of people who were just going to leave it off, who found it on when they needed to shoot and have seen people miss it under stress.
Missing it under stress is the deal breaker. Everyone thinks that safety is no problem,but you don't know until you are under that kind of stress. Motor skills go to near zero.People who have never experienced it,just don't understand. Even very experienced and trained shooters have failed to disengage the infinitely better design of a good 1911 safety when under that stress.
I don't understand the mindset that must have a safety to feel comfortable. If you can't trust yourself to keep your finger off a trigger,how can you trust yourself to engage or disengage a safety? Modern pistols have a FP block and will not fire unless you pull that trigger. Just keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. Pay attention when holstering your pistol. If you can't pay enough attention to not accidentally pull a trigger when holstering how can you pay enough attention to not accidentally disengage a safety?
