I’ll take that challenge: I have 2 pistols that are easy to air rack with just a little practice.IF NOT CHAMBERED A GUN IS PRETTY MUCH A PAPERWEIGHT!
Yeah, real shit happens but not to most of us thankfully. I expressed before how my 30+ son and his young daughter were in a parking lot for a hardware store. A guy stepped from behind a vehicle and had a knife waiting for them. My son calmly used his left arm to move his daughter behind him as he also removed his Glock 45 cal with his right hand and pointed it at the ground, not at the perp. Case closed, the perp hauled ass.If you can't rack a gun with one hand or shoot ambitious you need to learn. Why? Because real shit happens.
AGEED BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE INHERENTLY LAZY SO THEY NEVER PRACTICE ANY MORE THAN THEY THINK IS ADQUATEI’ll take that challenge: I have 2 pistols that are easy to air rack with just a little practice.
If you can't rack a gun with one hand or shoot ambitious you need to learn. Why? Because real shit happens.
Since the OP, I've had some time to think about this.....
While chamber-loaded carry is the best option, chamber-empty carry may not be as detrimental as first thought. If a perp is close enough that racking a slide makes that much difference, then the perp may be too close for you to draw period. That's when you go for his weapon instead of yours. Also, chamber-empty carry can help foil a gun grab if you're in a situation where it could be likely....like around prisoners or the mentally ill. Then again, most carriers shouldn't be in those situations in the first place....
Again, I'm not advocating chamber-empty carry....just putting it in context....
<>I understand the vast benefits of carrying with one in the chamber and drawbacks to carrying with an empty chamber.
I understand the internal safeties that guns have and what a proper holster looks like.
Say you have a friend/family member though, that just will not carry with one in the chamber, overall, generally speaking, all things being equal, are they better off not carrying at all or carrying with no round in the chamber and training to chamber a round as needed?
* This isn't about what method is better, I acknowledged which is better. This is about carrying with no round chambered vs not carrying at all.
YOU THINK YELLING THE BADGUYS THAT YOU'RE ARMED IS THE ANSWERTO SUCH PROBLEMS!<>
No !
’’Any gun is better than no gun when life is threatened !’’
Been there. . . . . .
leVieux
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Was that a question or an accusation?YOU THINK YELLING THE BADGUYS THAT YOU'RE ARMED IS THE ANSWERTO SUCH PROBLEMS!
READ SOME OF HIS PREVIOUS POSTS ON THE SUBJECT TO UNDERSTANTHE PERSPECTIVEWas that a question or an accusation?
Just ignore Axxe's ramblings. He attacks LeVieux every chance he can and most of it makes no sense at all.Was that a question or an accusation?
YOU'RE FINE ONE TO BE POINTING FINGERS AT OTHERS AND CRITICIZING ANYONE MAYBE YOU SHOUL CLEAN UP YOU OWN BACKYARD BEFOREPOINTING OUT SOMEONE ELSES SHORTCOMINGS OR BETTERYET STFU AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESSJust ignore Axxe's ramblings. He attacks LeVieux every chance he can and most of it makes no sense at all.
YOU'RE FINE ONE TO BE POINTING FINGERS AT OTHERS AND CRITICIZING ANYONE MAYBE YOU SHOUL CLEAN UP YOU OWN BACKYARD BEFOREPOINTING OUT SOMEONE ELSES SHORTCOMINGS OR BETTERYET STFU AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
YOU'R A FULL OF SHIT KEYBOARD WARRIR WH LIKES TO ACT LIKE A BADASS FROM BEHIND HIS COMPUTERYOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A MAN FIRST TO BE A MEANIETRUTHIS YOU ARE NOTHING BUT AN IMMATURE DWAMA QUEENYOU SHOULD PRACTICE SELF FORNICATION MORE I DOUBT ANYONE OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF WANTS ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU OR BE AROUND YOUMy backyard is pretty clean but thanks for your concern.
I am also surprised to hear you admit that you have shortcomings but I fear you severely underestimate the extent.
STFU and mind my own business? I was merely helping another member understand your mindless and pointless attack on Le Vieux. I didn't want them to think your post had anything to do with the topic at hand but is more like a Lefty screaming "orange man bad" every time he posts.
I know you think I'm just a big meanie head but calling others out on their BS isn't a shortcoming.
Or get a Staccato, they’re very easy to rack with one hand in one smooth cycle.If you can't rack a gun with one hand or shoot ambitious you need to learn. Why? Because real shit happens.