Fair enough at the last bit, and what I mean by the first part is from more of a historical respect than that of a tacticool one, but I will speak to (again) why the slide mounted decocker is not to be HATED outright.
It's obvious that you are one of many who have hopped on the SIG decocker bandwagon and buckled in, and that is fine. It is conveniently placed for MOST people (I can't reach it every time without rotating my hand somewhat) and it's retardedly simple to do, push down, click, decocked, reholster, but there are a few main things people do NOT think about when they think of decockers.
1. It's one control on a gun that does not NEED to be insanely fast and convenient. In a gunfight, the last thing you are worrying about is making your pistol "safer", because you are shooting it, and the double action pull is not as convenient, especially under stress, and when it requires the pressing of a button to achieve. It's why we laugh when we see a hammer down in the middle of a long firing sequence in a movie, because it's needless and almost never going to happen. Generally, the only time a firearm needs to be safed or decocked is while moving (though this is not completely necessary, just keep your finger away from the trigger) or, more likely, after the gunfight is over and the gun needs to be reholstered, in which case you don't need that extra one eighth of a second like when you are shooting at a threat; you have all the time in the world to safe your gun at that point, so reaching forward and making it go "click" or reaching up and making it go "click", or "click-click" if you want your slide mounted type off safe if it has that function.
2. Practice counts for a lot. Set aside the argument that the SIG is placed better, because that is very subjective. I'm one of the few that think that the SIG type and the slide mounted type are about on par in placement, having smaller hands. However, whatever one prefers is inconsequential because you can get fast at about anything with enough practice. Perhaps I am not as good with SIGs because I don't own one and have never had exposure to their battery of arms beyond my handling of them in gun shops, but I have put well over a thousand rounds through several different Berettas, and well over a couple more thousand through my 5906, and the decocker NEVER bothered me, nor was I particularly "slow" with it. BUT, perhaps you have had an unequal experience with the two different types, or even none at all, in which case your hatred is in theory and based on nothing, but this leads me to the last point.
3. HATING something that may or may not be slightly mechanically inferior is ridiculous. Let's say the SIG system is undoubtedly better. It won in some sort of Coke V. Pepsi contest and it's officially the superior system in the eyes of every man, woman, child and operator across the globe. Does that mean the slide mounted system is completely defunct and should never even have an eye batted to it? No. Does that mean you should never own a gun with that type of decocker or only buy SIGs? No. You may prefer to, but there are a lot more guns with the older system because it is older and more common, and still proven on some plane. I'm not saying you can't have a preference or even disapprove of something (Berettas are relatively heavy and chunky, that's pretty much a fact), but don't HATE the slide mounted decocker system because it is, in YOUR eyes, not everyone's, worse, SLIGHTLY worse even. Just because one thing is "good" does not make alternatives "bad", it just means the one you don't approve of is "good" and the one you do approve of "better". The "good" and "bad" mentality is nonobjective fanboy talk and people who think like that, I feel, look at it the wrong way.
Do you catch my drift now?
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