A buddy of mine is a Corrections Officer, and I know for a fact the only time he fires a weapon is when they have to qualify every year with a .38 revolver. He ain't shooting anything unless somebody else provides the ammo, he's just cheap.
I deal with this issue by NEVER EVER having a round chambered. Not EVER. The magazine is full and I am more than confident I can rack a round fast enough.
I've carried a gun for over 50 years, mostly an M1911. The M1911 is perfectly safe to carry cocked-and-locked. If you follow the Four Rules, and remember to drop the magazine FIRST when clearing the gun, you won't have an ND.
Are you serious? If you are, have you ever taken any training courses?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnselHazen View Post
I deal with this issue by NEVER EVER having a round chambered. Not EVER. The magazine is full and I am more than confident I can rack a round fast enough.
Again, same questions.My thoughts exactly. I don't understand why any would carry any other way. Even if holstered, seems you can accidentally pull the trigger so many ways it's just not worth it.
No offense taken. How would you carry a glock?
I carry mine with a round chambered and in a holster, the way it's supposed to.
What?I can't help but picture Barney Fife.
I can't help but picture Barney Fife.
That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.
Speed.Posted by sothoth:My thoughts exactly [("I deal with this issue by NEVER EVER having a round chambered. Not EVER. The magazine is full and I am more than confident I can rack a round fast enough.")]. I don't understand why any would carry any other way.
That mitigates the risk of an unintentional discharge, and exacerbates the risk that was the reason for carrying in the first place.Even if holstered, seems you can accidentally pull the trigger so many ways it's just not worth it.
If you have time to chamber a round in a true life-or-death, non-combat, non-leo situation, I would speculate that you aren't truly in a life-or-death self-defense situation. Perhaps active shooter going room to room and not quite to your room yet.....but those aren't the realistic self-defense situations in the land of the real.
Thats almost it, but unless you have a safety that will prevent the trigger and things that are part of it from being activated when they are pressed, you also have to make sure that nothing enters the holster where it can activate the trigger.Keep the trigger guard covered while it's in a holster and practice the 4 rules vigilantly and you won't have a problem.
Originally posted by sthoth:
I think what the other member was saying is that they aren't comfortable holstering a live weapon or carrying a live weapon and it seems that they should be encouraged to take training classes first and then only do so if they are comfortable with it.
I wouldn't carry the damned old thing if it wasn't dangerous."
That being the case, maybe they should re-think carrying until they GET some training.
Those that insist on carrying an unloaded gun. Do yourself a favor and train to draw from holster and rack the slide with a sweaty/bloody off hand.
Or take a legitimate training class that would advise you not to carry an unloaded gun.
Well, ya know ... they're the guys putting it on the line every day, not just every once in a blue moon ... Y'all can sit around all day long patting yourselves on the back about how much you know about guns and such, but the fact remains, some are out there every day ...
My thoughts exactly. I don't understand why any would carry any other way. Even if holstered, seems you can accidentally pull the trigger so many ways it's just not worth it.