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Not trying to ignite a platform war, but....

It strikes me that there are fairly good reasons to keep trigger pull for "non-safety" guns a little bit heavier than it is for guns with a safety that can be disengaged. Now, I realize that Glocks actually do have a safety built in. BUT, that safety is only as good as the person whose booger hook is not on the bang switch. The absence of a safety that has to be switched off or disengaged probably gives the Glock bearer a micro second or two advantage in bringing a gun to bear, over say the reaction time of a 1911 carrier, who has to switch off his safety before he can fire. OTH, a 1911 carrier can accidentally squeeze the trigger all he wants. He can mash it 'til his finger breaks. But until he sweeps off that thumb safety, no bang. But the Glock user who inadvertently mashes the trigger stands a high probability of Glock leg, or worse, he'll accidentally shoot a comrade.

Ask gigag04 (I think it was him) if he ever accidentally "shot" a training partner in the back of the head with simunitions during the stress of a training drill when he inadvertently squeezed the trigger without meaning to. (Am I remembering that correctly?) And he is an experienced user who has to train at a higher level than most of us ever do. So there are distinct advantages to the Glock system, but it seems possible to me that A) a lightened Glock trigger is never going to have the feel of a good 1911 trigger; and B) a lightened Glock trigger without some kind of active safety system such as as a thumb safety or grip safety is asking for trouble.

We only own one Glock, my wife's G19. It's a pretty standard fare third generation pistol. I don't really know what the trigger pull is on it, but it doesn't seem that bad to me, and I wouldn't want it any lighter than it is without a safety. I just think that is asking for trouble. But that's just me. BTW, my M&P 45 gives me the best of both worlds - thumb safety when I want it, but you don't have to have it on. You can rely on its "trigger safety" type mechanism if you want.

None of this is to say that I think that Glocks are inherently unsafe, at least not anymore than any other pistol design. BUT... I think we can render them unsafe if we take too much tension out of the trigger pull...

...or maybe I'm a little too paranoid...