[Chancellor Palpatine]

I'm sure its action is good, and it is reliable. I'm talking about the most glaring defect to police and self defense use - the lack of any safety mechanism away from the trigger.

[frostbit]

There are THREE safeties on all Glocks. The infamous trigger safety, a firing pin block, and a drop safety. All are passive, and deactivated when the trigger is pulled.

When the trigger is pulled, the weapon fires. Just like a revolver. Except the Glock has extra safeties that a revolver doesn't.

If some moron has it pointed at his leg when he pulls the trigger, he will shoot himself. No amount of extra safety features will prevent stupidity, as evidenced by numerous AD's with ALL weapon types.