[xsrdx]

Secondly, my auto pistol, which is a Springfield .40 cal, has two safeties where the gun must be held in the hand thus pressing a plate on the backside of the handle, and the trigger finger must also depress a switch in the trigger before any pulling of the trigger can cause the hammer to hit the firing pin.

The XD is striker fired like a Glock, there is no hammer or firing pin. The gun is specifically engineered not to fire unless the 1. Grip safety is engaged and 2. The trigger is pulled to the rear until the striker is released.

I'm reasonably confident the number of loaded XD pistols discharging on their own is "zero".

[chris37]

Yes, you are right, I misworded my description.

The fact that there is no hammer on that weapon is something that makes me a little nervous, I’m not sure why it does though.

When there is a round in the chamber and the gun is cocked there is a visible mechanical notification that there is a round in the chamber and that the gun is cocked.

While I know that my gun is very safe, I suppose it’s just the mental image of the round in the chamber and the firing mechanism behind it cocked and waiting to be released that causes my concern.

That and I’ve read so many various stories of people getting shot by their own pistol as they do mundane things like sit on a toilet or things like that.

I’m not sure what kind of weapons they were carrying that could discharge like that. I guess I’ve always saw myself as the type of person that if I did carry in public it would be with an empty chamber. I just really do not want to accidentally shoot someone or myself for that matter.

That would be hard for me to live with.