My sincere prayers are for his family, his loved ones, his soul, and most of all for his children. May God watch over his children for in having to witness what happened, they are gonna need him...
Ok... My open carry firearm is a Springfield Armory XD-40 choosen specifically for the "Grip Saftey" feature as well as the double trigger safety... BOTH have to be engaged before the firearm will discharge.
That being said, I also sometimes conceal (sometimes open) carry a Glock 27 Gen. 4. When concealing the Glock I use a Graco IWB holster on my right side @ about 2 o'clock (personal reasons) angled slightly so the barrel is facing down and back. When open carrying I use an OWB holster on my right hip at about 3 o'clock.
I will admit that the XD with the added saftey feature does offer a little more comfortability factor than the Glock, but as others have said... It is not the firearm it is the person carrying the firearm that makes all the difference in safe vrs non-safe handling... and in that, I have confidence in my knowledge of the safe handling of any firearm.
I will say this... As far as AD vrs ND, I beleive that while an AD is possible (default in the firearm) they are extremeley rare.. most of what is refered to as an AD is (in my opinion) actually a ND... This story being a prime example...The firearm did not malfuntion (AD), the carrier malfunctioned (ND).
Edited to add: As far as carrying "with one in the chamber"... I always carry both firearms fully loaded. As already mentioned the seconds it takes to chamber a round could mean life or death. I have seen an instructor that open carried on the hip with an empty chamber who chambered a round using his pant leg as part or the draw... It was pretty fast but not for me. Also not mentioned, carrying fully loaded gives me 1 extra round ready to go that I would not have if I had to chamber a round from the Mag. before firing.
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