As I've stated before, in my experience and in the cases I've read the majority of ND/ADs happen when people press the trigger deliberately on what they assume is an unloaded firearm. There are other types that occur (and I think leos are a unique group in this area), but the lion's share of what I've read are the type I just described. In that case where you've made a deliberate decision to press the trigger, whether that trigger is 5.5 lb. or 10 lb. really doesn't make a difference. If the weight of the trigger was such that you couldn't overcome it without Herculean effort than it would be no good to you as a defensive firearm. Another point is that in the case of a AD/ND you've violated two of the fundamental rules of gun safety in that you didn't check the condition of the pistol and in the case someone, including yourself, gets hurt then you pointed your pistol at something you weren't willing to destroy.
To me one of the biggest downsides to Glocks is needing to pull the trigger to disassemble. As someone that owns Glocks this is something I'm used to now, but I've read actual reports of departments switching to Glocks and this proving to be a problem for those agencies (especially if they had magazine disconnects before). In a state near me the police chief himself put a hole in his wall with his Glock because he was used to a magazine disconnect on the pistol the department had before. This is a training issue to be sure, but it's enough of an issue that many pistols that have released striker fired pistols in the past years have included a way to disconnect the striker or by default don't require a trigger press on disassembly. I think this is generally a good idea.
To me one of the biggest downsides to Glocks is needing to pull the trigger to disassemble. As someone that owns Glocks this is something I'm used to now, but I've read actual reports of departments switching to Glocks and this proving to be a problem for those agencies (especially if they had magazine disconnects before). In a state near me the police chief himself put a hole in his wall with his Glock because he was used to a magazine disconnect on the pistol the department had before. This is a training issue to be sure, but it's enough of an issue that many pistols that have released striker fired pistols in the past years have included a way to disconnect the striker or by default don't require a trigger press on disassembly. I think this is generally a good idea.
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All XDs are made in Croatia in that factory. For the rest of the world they offer the HS9 model which is exactly the xd9 service model. We have both here in Guatemala... the HS9 comes in a flimsy box with 2 magazines. The XDs come with a lot of accessories... they are the same but cost double.