Please use an appropriate holster

[Citydude]

Not having a round in the chamber = might as well be carrying a brick.....

I'd probably drop that on my foot. :shocked:

 

[TripleR]

Time to prune this thread of any "why carry a gun" posts and stick with the topic...

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[greenboot]

For years I've been offering $100 for an accident report that proves this.

It looks like you owe LIberty701 a Benjamin. He might accept pymt in ammo.
But you are right, statistics can prove most anything. Everyone must make up their mind as best they can.
Tom

 

[liberty2701]

I carry a pocket semi-auto pocket pistol. There isn't a safety lever on the little bugger. In a hasty effort to pull it out of my pocket, I run the risk of it discharging with one in the tube. I'll take the extra 1.2 seconds to jack one in the chamber vs one in the leg ( or other regions of my autonomy) any day. And I'm comfortable with that. No training needed.

I agree. You should do what you are comfortable with. However, if you are put in the situation that you have to draw your gun in self defense, fractional seconds matter. Having to chamber one will cost you your life. Training on proper gun handling and drawing will save your life. Like the proper holster which is what started this thread. Would you use a chainsaw without a chain because it is safer? A firearm is no different. It is a tool that should be used as it was meant to be used. If you cannot trust yourself with proper handling of the firearm you should not be carrying it. However,this is still a free country and you may do as you wish. Live Free or Die!

 

[RDrancher]

Unless maybee you own a REM 700 or a few other firearms that can be made to essentially fire on their own without intent. Like fiipping a safety off or a design that allows an external part to contact the seir, so when squeezing the gun or setting it down it can fire. Poor designs imho. There are a few examples of these issues for those that care to search. REM just settled a huge lawsuit about the same, large recall and trigger replacement program.

So, I'd call a discharge when you are not touching the trigger accidental..

Ok, I'll give you that. But...I do want to see that holster for the 700.

 

[motownbrowne]

Why does it make any difference? I mean, if you don't know, there is no gun to worry about as far as you know. And if you do know there is a gun, that is less disturbing to you for some reason? WTH? Sorry, but this almost defies logic.

If I do know there's a gun on someone's belt, it's up to me to walk away. If it's concealed, I don't get to make that choice. Just saying.

 

[RoyJackson]

If I do know there's a gun on someone's belt, it's up to me to walk away. If it's concealed, I don't get to make that choice. Just saying.

Which has absolutely nothing to do with the topic...

 

[motownbrowne]

Which has absolutely nothing to do with the topic...

Perhaps. I was just responding to what mjw357 said. He made a comment which described someone's (reasonable, in my opinion) perspective as having "defie[d] logic". I felt their comment made perfect sense.

 

[Soundguy]

Ok, I'll give you that. But...I do want to see that holster for the 700.

Just illustrating that true accidental discharges exist. At least one of the firearms I mentioned is a pistol too!

 

[MossRoad]

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