Why should you consider a locking holster?
I’m sure that many of you that have taken CCW classes probable know that the faster you get your gun out the more likely you are to get the first hits in. In some people’s minds putting safeties on firearms and putting guns in locking holsters will slow you down. That is somewhat true for some firearms and some holsters, but the better the design on the firearm the less likely that is and for some gun holsters, there is absolutely zero slow down. I’m not a big fan of thumb break holsters because I’ve had bad experiences with them not snapping properly and I could never tell if they were tight or now.
One thing I have found that in any type of physical turmoil, guns and gear will fly off of you. I’ve seen it one too many time at Carbine training classes where secondary weapons and magazines go flying. The Blackhawk Serpa holsters are my favorite because the holster locking system actually can help a novice shooter get use to keeping their finger straight and off the trigger when drawing the firearm because that is where your trigger finger is when the gun is released from the holster.