I've been "into" Beretta's since 1991, and I've shot almost every flavor of pistol ever made...I've owned most of them too... With that said, my current "carry" piece is a Sig P239 .357sig, BUT... If I had to choose one pistol to own in an type of defensive/SHTF situation, it would be my Beretta 92FS. 18 rounds of 9MM, absolute easiest pistol to field strip and clean, dead nuts reliable, and very accurate. I truly believe it's a pistol everyone who's "into" guns should own. As far as the safety, if I were to carry mine, it would be with one in the camber, decocked, and with the safety off. Even with a D spring mod, you've still got 11+ pounds of DA pull.