Please use caution with hammer down on a live round in a 1911. This is far, far from safe practice. I would say that hammer up, round in, safety on is much, much more safe. Even if it feels more scary because the hammer is back... still IMO a much better way to carry.
Hammer Down = Risk when you go and cock the hammer during a stressful situation it goes off.
Now you've done shot the person without pulling the trigger.
Heretofore in the pistols of this class when the hammer was cocked ready for firing and it became necessary to lower the hammer to the safety position, it required both hands of the user to accomplish this act, ...
If you kick out all the overweight, white, gun owners, who's going to eat their burritos? The hipsters are all at the "Freebirds burrito place eating "kale and sprouts" burritos, eschewing "big corporations" like Chipotle.
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Way off the mark. Freebirds is a chain, now, like Chipotle. Especially in Austin, they're not "cool" anymore.
Google Cabo Bob's. You'll see what I mean.
Mike --
Wow, that was fast!
Following a weekend of pressure on social media from supporters like you and just hours after we launched our petition asking Chipotle to prohibit guns in its restaurants, the Denver-based company issued a statement:
"[W]e are respectfully asking that customers not bring guns into our restaurants, unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel."This is a crucial victory for our movement -- not only because we can now feel safer to enjoy a burrito in Chipotle, but because it sends a message to business owners everywhere that the safety of their customers must come first.
Thought I would post this. I found it interesting that their safety and entire movement is dependent on keeping legal gun owners at bay and completely misses the fact that there are actual criminals out there that could care less about signs and notices. Such a mindless cause in my opinion.
I have not read the this entire thread but I saw this article.
Pro-Gun Group Backs Down After Chipotle Rally Backfires