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If I can conveniently carry a second firearm, I will do so.
It can mitigate the risk of a malfunction, and it can be helpful when driving.
I do not consider prudent risk mitigation as an "attempt to cheat death".
I consider carrying a back-up gun to be a better idea than extra magazines,
I think you're probably right about the second gun being a better idea than reloads.
This is how it works out for me: say I'm leaving the house, a 1911 on my hip, a Detective Special in a pocket, I go to the car, get halfway there, and I turn around and go back into the house because I just remembered I forget my spare keys. While I'm at it, does it hurt to pick up a couple of spare magazines? I start back out to the car. A few steps out the door, and I remember I don't have gloves. Wouldn't it be just as easy when I pick up the gloves to drop in a speed loader in an offside pocket?
This tends to be just normal everyday stuff, dressing for comfort. I don't expect to use any of this stuff. Some men feel more comfortable with the formality of a necktie, which they'll never use for anything. Is it so much different that I take a slightly different view of what it means to be properly attired? If I had any actual idea that I might be heading toward any real danger, I'd go back in the house, draw all the blinds, and wait in the dark with my shotgun.