Carry with a chambered round???

716 civilian permits in San Diego in 2011.
Compared to 1627 in San Bernardino, which is as close to "shall issue" as it gets, along with a few other counties, in California.

Interesting that San Francisco went from 1 to 0.
Dianne must have finally changed her county of residence.

 

always keep on in the chamber while carrying. Its takes that much longer to get the gun cocked if you ever need to use it. In those few seconds your target/threat may already beating the crap out of you haha. Its all about saving time because in a real life situation you prob wont have much of it.

 

I carry a 1911, in condition one. Cocked and locked. The only time. I would ever say carry without a round in the chamber is if you carry in a cross draw or shoulder rig, every time I have seen those drawn from a holster the gun muzzle sweeps your entire right or left side when it is being deployed. I carry and recommend a strong side carry with a round in the chamber

 

+1, no safety, just a DA pull

 

I carried for a few months without one in the chamber just to get comfortable with the firearm.

Now I always carry with one in the pipe after I realized the trigger would never accidentally get pressed.

 

IKR. The only time my EDC ever comes out of the holster is for cleaning or shooting.

 

Keep your finger off the trigger until you acquire your target. Too much time advantage for the bad guy if you have to rack a round. Lock and load.

 

Nope, because ND's happen. Working in a career where such an ND would get you fired and blacklisted, I always scratch that step.

 

I'm a civilian. No worries.

 

Yes I do. G27 in a hybrid holster

 

No.
I love to rack one in chamber right before I start running my mouth just show how cool and tough I am.
Just like the movies!
Oh and then I aim sideways too.

 

Nice truck

 

I was kidding of course.

Tough crowd

 

that's rite chad one in the pipe at all times

 

i only carry with 1 chambered if the gun i am using has a safety.

 

I am not aware of any modern autoloading handguns that don't have safeties or a very long, heavy DA only trigger.

 

Depends on what I'm carrying. My Sig P229, yes. My Kel-Tec P3AT, no. There's no safety or de-cock.

 

no round chambered. If you are carrying holstered and getting into situations to have to send lead down range without chambering, is typically LEO or military. Having a loaded weapon, mentally should have situational awareness and scan to get focused.

Some states will see having a chambered round negatively at the same time seeing that you chambered a round also negative. its all opinions and personal preference, but for testosterone fueled beings, best idea is to keep it not chambered. It gives all of you another chance to think what you are doing before chambering, changing selector switch and pulling the trigger.

 

So you would never carry a revolver? I've never seen a revolver with a manual safety. The P3AT has a very long, heavy trigger pull like a DA revolver. I would say there is even more reason to carry a small pistol like a P3AT in condition 1, it will be much more difficult to grab and rack the slide of a very small pistol than a full size under stress.

Completely disagree. No matter how aware I am there is still the chance that I can be caught off guard and not have time to chamber a round. Or, I might not have the ability to use my off-hand due to either injury or already being in physical contact with the threat.

 

This is reality and this is life. You will NEVER always be prepared. I agree anyone can be caught off guard and could be in a situation where you needed that split second to chamber a round. Firing a round at an assailant is the LAST decision in a self-defense you want to do .

If you get yourself into a hand to hand, either of you can gain control of the firearm and unload the round. Better to know if the assailant grabs the weapon and knows not that it is not chambered.

Been through 2 different advanced CCW classes, they can only offer best educated advice which I got mixed replies. There is no solid answer to anything.

On base, our unit did not chamber a round other than during movement, again which is situational.

Just my 2 cents.