Thumb Safeties on Handguns: Are They Obsolete for Modern Carry?
Thumb Safeties on Handguns: Archaic Holdovers from the 1911 Era Thumb safeties on handguns are largely a legacy feature. They were designed to solve problems that modern handgun engineering has already addressed—often more effectively and with fewer failure points. For today’s concealed carriers, especially civilians who do not train daily, manual thumb safeties are usually…