Of course it doesn't. But, it just strengthens the argument to carry your firearm in the ready state. I would hazard to say that there are more stories of wishing they were ready to discharge than those that had an accident and say they should not have been.rotor wrote:Age old argument. But does this settle it?
Would this guy have been prepared to use his .45 when a guy runs up to the window and shoots him in the arm? If I were seated in my car I don't know that I could have gotten to my gun in time with or without one in the pipe. I know all of the arguments but when one considers that for 69 years I was unarmed, now partially armed with one not in the chamber and better armed with one in the chamber I have still not come to a final conclusion as to how I will carry in the future. As a newbie though I do not carry one in the chamber and I need to work my comfort level to one in the chamber. I have a Bodyguard 380 which requires a very hefty (massive) trigger pull so that is not the issue. I know that everyone on this forum says they carry locked and loaded but I wonder if they just say that or really do it. I know with more training the comfort level will change. Just not there yet. And I admit it.
Being in the ready to discharge state just gives us good guys a little more of an edge. Sometimes, 2 seconds is the difference between life and death.
Oh, and I don't think "everyone" here says they carry one chambered. Just a couple posts above yours are ones reporting that they do not. I take everyone for their word if they say they do.
And yes, I keep one chambered too.