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Many pistols have a magazine disconnect, or "safety" that disables the firing sequence if a magazine is not inserted in the firearm. Some manufacturers even build this feature in when needed to satisfy certain agency contracts. There are different schools of thought about the true usefulness of such features, but some in law enforcement have been in favor of this feature from an officer safety angle -- that if the officer is able to remove the magazine while an assailant is trying to remove the gun from their grasp the gun cannot then be fired at the officer. To me, though, if the magazine is removed, the gun essentially becomes nothing better than a bludgeon regardless of who is in control of it, and I prefer that this feature is absent from all my guns.

The only gun I presently have with a magazine disconnect is a Sig 1911-22, which I may end up selling in lieu of something else that does not have this feature. Other than the magazine disconnect, the only other feature of the gun I don't like is the lack of a "speed bump" on the grip safety.