DrDyno, being retired from the military, I totally concur with you. All these statements from some of the more, hell, I will just say it, bozos, about not carrying a semi without a round in the chamber would make me laugh, except for the fact that this is the cause of a lot of accidents, and just gives the anti-s more fuel about gun crazed idiots. They also must never have heard of Murphy's Law. I selected both of my semi's partially based on the fact that they have mechanical safetys. I do carry a revolver sometimes, but the next chamber is empty, in case the trigger somehow accidentally gets pulled. And I do have a warped sense of humor, so if I did have to use the revolver, I would love to see the look on the bad guys face when the first trigger pull went click, and then the next one...didn't. I have handled firearms since i was 7, owned my first shotgun at 14, 30-06 at 16, small arms qualified in the military, and qualified on a lot of stuff that made really big booms...but I guess I am a wimp and not qualified since I don't carry one in the chamber.