Lucky43

Like seatbelts, smoking, and helmets there will always be people who don't deem the benefits of using or not using worthwhile. Magazines who generate most of their revenue from the corporations who pay them for advertising are not the best source of unfettered opinions about any thing that may have an effect on those corporations bottom line.
While we all fear that our government interfering with our right to choose exactly what we want in what our hard earned money purchases, this should be a no brainer for any thinking person.
A saw that is extremely well made with a mechanism to prevent whoever may use it from doing any harm to the user, albeit for a little more money.
It's too bad that all the saw manufacturers cannot adopt on their own, this kind of safety feature without any government intervention, but it took the same kind of intervention for the car companies with the seatbelts and then it took laws to make the people use them.

It all boils down to whether we want to pay extra for the privilege of saving our body parts or if we keep trying to make excuses by blaming safe practices'.
No one wanted to use seatbelts in our vehicles either. Is the loss of a finger worth a replacement sawblade and a new blade stop.
Ask someone who has lost a hand or finger.
Without a mandate to incorporate these safety features into every saw all that will happen is to make some people continue to suffer the consequences, and more lawyers richer.

I have a Laguna Combo machine and while there are a few thing I am unhappy about for the most pat this has been an outstanding company to deal with.
Some of their machines do not have "standard" parts on them, and the buyer must be aware to look for these before purchasing. Their miter slot for example is a two tapered slot and not compatible with any other saws or attachments that use a "standard" miter slot. Laguna does have available steel tapered to fit this slot so making your own add-ons can be done.
Laguna imports these tools and do not manufacture them here, so any changes in subsequent models may not be backwards compatible, or easily adaptable.