Yeah, I've heard many trainers say a gun us a gun, and a light is a light. 

I have a combination laser light on my HD pistol, mainly for the laser, and the button is forward of the trigger guard, right where a safe finger position would be.

I also keep a flashlight next to it that I can use independently of the pistol or beneath it with an over-under hand position.

As someone in the article said, I also question the safety of pointing a loaded flashlight at someone in a dark setting. 

No mention of the "assault flashlight" ?

They need more warning labels..big much bigger ones.  At last same size as the product.

I'm thinking we need a smart gun that turns the flashlight on with the first trigger pull, off with the 2nd, on again with the third, and fires the weapon on the fourth.

That's the way everyone will always need to operate a gun in the dark, so it's just "common sense safety". 

1 - On to see what's going on,
2 - off so you can shift locations because they saw you,
3 - on again to acquire the target, and
4 - last to put the bad guy's light out!

I can find several Hollywood examples to back up this scenario!

I'm thinking there also needs to be an LED in the mag well.   With the advent of more strict magazine capacity laws, you'll be reloading more often, and the light will be a life saver!