The real point is, if you have the safety on on a 1911, it won't go boom accidently by pulling the trigger.
If it is not on, well, kaboom!
But the Glock, in the same condition, with about the same trigger pull, will absolutely go kaboom! And there is no safety!
They are different.
One goes kaboom with a round chambered when the trigger is depressed.
The other won't if the safety is on, or even if the main safety is off, the grip safety must also be depressed.
Which one is safer for the average human?
I'm an average human, which is why I didn't buy a Glock for the second time, a choose the 1911.
But don't let that stop anybody from buying a Glock. I owned one, it was reliable.
I just never trusted it, because it was they only gun I ever owned that didn't have a safety.
I'll take one with a safety, and I don't think turning it off is a big deal when it's time to shoot because that's what I'm used to.
Call me old school. But, the condition I keep that 1911 in, it will NOT go off without first moving the safety to fire.
That probably means less chance of an AD. Not a guarantee, just a natural precaution for those of us who are use to guns having a safety other then actually pulling the trigger. It also rules out an AD by having the trigger pulled by some accident.
Accidents do happen you know.