[SC Swamp Fox]

knowing that you have to disengage a mechanical safety by manipulating it before the weapon discharges makes some folks feel better.

Yeah, I guess it does. My thumb just naturally makes that sweep as my finger engages the trigger.

I am just used to that safety-on click...It just seems "normal" to me.

[WoofDog123]

"I am just used to that safety-on click...It just seems "normal" to me."

Given the real power of weapons to kill inadvertently, I imagine most gun owners (myself included) have got a serious subconcious awareness of the safety on any gun, especially one we consider a hostile-use weapon. As you note, thumb-down-on-the-safety is second nature when raising the gun to fire. I imagine this is part of the problem with the periodically reported incidents of cops shooting themselves with their glocks while chatting chics, etc.