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We had a really nice July 4th party at our house on Wednesday and were fortunate to have a Marine stop by that had just returned from Afghanistan. He is a gun guy and so we had a lengthy discussion about his service, weapons used, etc.

I never served, and don't know many folks that have, so forgive me if I butcher the Marine "speak", but this is what he told me. He was a driver for Lt. Col/Col on base. Frequently they would take armored vehicles to move these guys around in some of the less "hot" areas. He told me the do not carry with one in the chamber, as they do not want a round going off and bouncing around inside the vehicle if they get hit by in IED or anything of the sort. Because he was in the vehicle with the highest ranking Officer in the convoy his job was to move, not fight. If they ran into trouble he was not to get out of the vehicle unless the situation became dire. If he did leave the vehicle only than was he allowed to chamber a round.

Can this be true, and if so do you agree with the implication that a round could go off due to the vehicle taking a heavy it?