Drawing your weapon from a horizontal shoulder holster is not as difficult as make it sound. I suspect you have little or no experience with them...else you would know that. Myself and many other "Bozo's" have managed to carry this way for quite a few years and never shot anyone or had a ND/AD.Are you really comfortable with standing behind some bozo trying to extract their autojammer from a concealed horizontal shoulder holster. How do you know they don't have their finger on the trigger when pulling on the gun? Because of their "training?"
As concerns having your finger on the trigger when you draw: That is not even possible until you have the firearm nearly out of the holster. The trigger is covered by the holster.
Of greater concern... is when someone "re-holsters" (regardless the mode of carry).
casingpoint wrote:
Actually, these are the commonly accepted gun safety rules:First rule of the gun is never point it at anybody you don't intend to shoot. Second rule is never assume it's unloaded. Third rule is never assume a gun won't go off.
1. All guns are always loaded (until you establish whether they are or not).
2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. Keep your gun pointed in a safe direction at all times: on the range, at home, loading, or unloading.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target (and you are ready to shoot).
4. Be sure of your target. Know what it is, what is in line with it and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything that you haven't positively identified.
casingpoint wrote:
You'll note that in the link you provided....the pistol has the trigger covered. Also, the hammer is usually blocked by a retention strap on most rigs. How is it going to go off (especially a revolver)?Anyone unconcerned about others while carrying in a shoulder holster should ask themselves would they utilize one where the gun points straight up at their armpit and the brachial artery.
http://www.dlsports.com/holster_dual_j_ ... up_med.jpg
I don't know if you participated in this thread, but from the respondents...75% were forced to admit that their mode of carry had the muzzle pointing either at themselves or someone else. Its a fact of life.
http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... hp?t=10622
Properly working, modern, firearms...do not "go off" sitting in a holster (of any kind). You are much more at risk of being injured by some "Bozo" driving a vehicle, than you are by someone accidentally shooting you while drawing from their holster.