I think a safety that only blocks the trigger is safer than no safety at all whether it is little more than an illusion or not. I certainly would NOT condone hunting with no safety switch whatsoever. Some hunters are safer than others. If you have hunted long enough and with enough individuals then you most certainly have inadvertently had a gun pointed at you. I clearly would prefer the safety to be ON in that circumstance even if only blocking the trigger. Intercepting safety Sears block an inadvertent fire should a gun be dropped or otherwise ‘jarred out of bent’. Many guns have an intercepting like mechanism even though not an intercepting sear, per se. A Browning O/U for example, has an extra notch in the tumbler meant to catch the tumbler with the sear IF the trigger has not been pulled and if jarred ‘out of bent’ even though a Browning has no actual intercepting safety sear like that found on 7-pin sidelock guns. Bottom line, a safety is safer than no safety at all imho.
