I am a degreed gunsmith who has extensive experience with the Glock. Its design is actually quite inherently safe as long as people keep their finger off the trigger or the trigger is not actuated by some object while stored or being holstered. There are a few parts failures that could theoretically cause unintended discharges, but redundancies built into the Glock make them nearly impossible. The holes in gunshop floors are invariably caused by fingers not failures of mechanical parts. There is a .223 caliber ding in the wood of my gunshop floor caused by a trusted friend who brainfarted for one second. He is a combat veteran Marine, and no slouch behind a firearm. He was following the other rules and all ended well and unhurt, except his pride.
All that said, I am no Glock fan, nor a fan of the elitist Gaston Glock.
An important post. Thank you. At some point if you care to I would like to know why you say you are “not a fan” of the Glock. For me, I am turning to revolvers. I have no interest in my Beretta automatic and my next CC weapon I think will be one of the new Titanium .357 revolvers. I am simply turning away from safety issues and “condition” questions that are not applicable to a piece that lives in a drawer or on my belt. So do please ping me when you speak out.