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To the OP....

I completely understand your concern. The circumstances leading up to the point where your "personal safety tool" was dislodged from the holster are not the concern....the point is....YOUR GUN LOST RETENTION TO SOME DEGREE....and THAT is sacry as H#!!

I had a situation back in Aug 0f 2008 during a hostile confrontation with my wife's ex husband. I was attacked by surprise and ended up having to endure several blows to the head due to the fact that my "PST" has started to become dislodged from my Sparks MII and I was doing everything possible to prevent this. I carried my 229 in this holster for ~10 years and NEVER had a problem with it....however I had never been in a confrontation that involved this level of physical involvement. It was VERY sobering to say the least.

There is a post on here describing the incident and my thought process and feelings at the time. Needless to say....I have aquired a couple of holsters that have built in retention devices. I keep my VMII in the rotation, but when in the general public I carry concealed in a manner that would be appropriate for OC. It may be a fraction of a second slower to draw if needed....but in the 13-14 yrs. or so that I have been carrying, I have never had to draw my PST...I have however had a situation where I though I may loose control of it during a violent encounter. This one situation alone has convinced me to use retention devices, and practice...practice...practice with them until the draw times vs non retention holstes are negligable.

SC