Beyond silly....what I have learned from this is if I don't carry with a round in the chamber:
1) it might as well be a paper weight or a bad club
2) might as well not carry because I haven't earned it because my training is insufficient because I don't do it YOUR way!
3) I will likely be killed with my own gun as it is taken from me (the taker of my gun will somehow be faster at cambering a round in the unfamiliar gun than I would be?)
4) I will never be fast enough to defend myself from the eminent surprise attack lurking around every corner. This happens how often?
5) There was a guy at a gas station that would have possibly been killed if he didn't have a round in the chamber...once, somewhere...because someone said so.
6) Once on my back I am dead so just give up.
OR
Maybe the likelihood I have to rapid deploy my gun is lower in probability than my being injured in a car accident that renders me unconscious and someone else takes my gun off me. Or similar circumstance.
For me, the safest gun is an unloaded gun. An unloaded gun isn't at all helpful, but a quick rack of a slide to employ a magazine full (ok, less one) is very helpful. It is likely that if I am the victim of a quick, well planned, and violent attack, I'll probably come out on the short end of the encounter irregardless. What I can be ready for is the need for a gun in a few seconds from now, probably the best I can hope for in reaction anyway.
No, no round in the chamber, thank you very much.
Next poll...how many of you 200+ 'round-in-the-chamberers' have ever had a ND?