Handy,
I was mainly referring to Jems post, as your posts are usually logical (although sometimes uncogent
.) I wanted to make sure that you were not advocating carrying a 1911 (or 1911 type, if we refer to the original posted question) in condition 2. I have no problem with advocating condition 2 when it comes to double action auto's. The CZ-75 is indeed very safe to carry in such a manner, despite the standard models lack of a decocker. Lowering a lever action's hammer to half cock is also acceptable in my mind, as that is a designed safety position. But lets address the question at hand, and compare apples to apples.
Its been argued at length about the relative safety of carrying C&L or hammer down . Even including improbable situations involving a weapon dropped forcibly and perfectly square on its muzzle, there is little difference in the mechanical safety between the two. If the situation above did occur, both are equally likely to discharge.
Some posters on the fence about carry conditions often say that they are uncomfortable with carrying the gun cocked. Some believe that the safety may suddenly come off, leaving a holstered cocked pistol. Lets examine this possibility. If you are wearing a holster with a thumbreak or safety strap, there is a piece of leather/kydex between the hammer and firing pin, and there is virtually no possibility of discharge if the grip safety is depressed and the trigger some how pulled. If it is an open topped holster or the strap is disengaged, then the pistol still needs to have the grip safety depressed and the trigger, shrouded in stiff leather/kydex/nylon, must still be pulled.
We should search out how many cases are on record of carry-type, C&L 1911s discharging while in a holster that covers the trigger and, of those, how many resulted in an injury of the wearer or bystander.