ORIGINAL: stalkingbear
I SURE WISH you would kindly explain to me how revolvers DON'T have safetys! As a matter of fact,almost all double action revolvers today actually offer THREE seperate safety features. Just because you don't see them on outside don't mean they don't have them. You MUST be forgetting about transfer bars,trigger rebound safetys,etc.
ORIGINAL: hometheaterman
I just am not a fan of revolvers. Mostly because they don't have a safety.
While I can follow the points both of you make, I believe he was referring to external safety's, which revolvers (and Glocks and many DA/SA pistols) don't have. I'm defining an external safety as something that prevents the hammer from striking a primer when the trigger is pulled.
If you pull the trigger, a round will be fired with Glocks, revolvers, Sig's, and many pistols (revolvers and semi-autos). That doesn't make them less safe, but it is something you need to be comfortable with. Not all handgun newbie's are comfortable with that.
Let's please keep in mind that the OP stated that he was purchasing his first handgun. I think the KISS principle would be a benefit to him as he's trying to learn about something new.