You could say "sure because you just need to hit the deCock switch or place the hammer down on or carry it cocked and locked or carry it with the safety on. It's safe to do that and you can get to it and use it as quickly as you could a revolver."
I used to say all of these arguments and they are true. However, my dad and I were having this discussion (an exMarine from '64-'67) and he placed an argument down on the table that even a pro gunman couldn't argue.
Human error. He considers semi autos "the most dangerous things in the world." I don't care how safety concious you are. I don't care how religious you are about checking your gun every time. I don't care how much of a genuine expert you are at firearms. There is always that one time that you will forget that there is a round in the chamber when you remove it from your holster or drawer to clean it and BANG!!!!. You can't see that it is loaded. (This especially true of XDs and Glocks that have no hammer) You can see a revolver loaded or not. An military situation for which the semi auto is designed is not going to be a "fast draw" situation. A pistol of any kind (revolver or semi auto) is a defensive weapon. Your rifle is a primary weapon. You pistol you pull and rack one in the chamber if it is all you have left and you can see the battle is about to begin (and then maybe put it on cocked and locked while you are in the danger zone)
He didn't have any data to support this, but said it wouldn't surprise him to learn that ND among police had increased since the move from revolvers to semi autos.
There is a reason that the military did not allow carry this way. It was not because they were too ignorant of cocked and locked. ND can and do happen.
I would say that it would be wise to carry a semi auto with the chamber empty and a full magazine in the gun. Pull it and with sweeping your free hand over the slide, pull it back and let it go and you are ready for action. Or if you are parking your car and see you are in a dangerous area, pull you gun and rack one in the chamber but as soon as you are safe, get that round out of the chamber.
But all this trouble being the case, I believe it wise to carry a revolver as a service/combat weapon and save a semi auto for field use in the military.
I am largely sold on this. A lot of people in here and other forums say the military didn't know what they were doing "back then" and didn't understand the semi automatic. (they fought two world wars, korea and vietnam with this empty chamber policy, I would think they knew far more than we do about what guns can and cannot do).
thoughts and comments? Considering this is a semi auto forum I know I am going to get barraged with cases against me
I used to say all of these arguments and they are true. However, my dad and I were having this discussion (an exMarine from '64-'67) and he placed an argument down on the table that even a pro gunman couldn't argue.
Human error. He considers semi autos "the most dangerous things in the world." I don't care how safety concious you are. I don't care how religious you are about checking your gun every time. I don't care how much of a genuine expert you are at firearms. There is always that one time that you will forget that there is a round in the chamber when you remove it from your holster or drawer to clean it and BANG!!!!. You can't see that it is loaded. (This especially true of XDs and Glocks that have no hammer) You can see a revolver loaded or not. An military situation for which the semi auto is designed is not going to be a "fast draw" situation. A pistol of any kind (revolver or semi auto) is a defensive weapon. Your rifle is a primary weapon. You pistol you pull and rack one in the chamber if it is all you have left and you can see the battle is about to begin (and then maybe put it on cocked and locked while you are in the danger zone)
He didn't have any data to support this, but said it wouldn't surprise him to learn that ND among police had increased since the move from revolvers to semi autos.
There is a reason that the military did not allow carry this way. It was not because they were too ignorant of cocked and locked. ND can and do happen.
I would say that it would be wise to carry a semi auto with the chamber empty and a full magazine in the gun. Pull it and with sweeping your free hand over the slide, pull it back and let it go and you are ready for action. Or if you are parking your car and see you are in a dangerous area, pull you gun and rack one in the chamber but as soon as you are safe, get that round out of the chamber.
But all this trouble being the case, I believe it wise to carry a revolver as a service/combat weapon and save a semi auto for field use in the military.
I am largely sold on this. A lot of people in here and other forums say the military didn't know what they were doing "back then" and didn't understand the semi automatic. (they fought two world wars, korea and vietnam with this empty chamber policy, I would think they knew far more than we do about what guns can and cannot do).
thoughts and comments? Considering this is a semi auto forum I know I am going to get barraged with cases against me