I was tempted to go there, things have been very quiet on that front.Sure they do, just ask Alec Baldwin…
Things got very quiet because Baldwin stopped flapping his gums about how innocent he is in spite of the fact he was holding the weapon when it decided to go off all on its own. Apparently he figured out or someone told him if he shuts up it'll go away soon enough.I was tempted to go there, things have been very quiet on that front.
Kind of going with the theory that this is not going to end well for him. And his elitism is not going to make this go away.Things got very quiet because Baldwin stopped flapping his gums about how innocent he is in spite of the fact he was holding the weapon when it decided to go off all on its own. Apparently he figured out or someone told him if he shuts up it'll go away soon enough.
Going to hope for some accountability on the part of the bad actors no pun intended.IDK, celebs get away with murder all the time... Literally
Know everyone has their own opinion,and I respect a person's choice. I usually carry two .38 spec/5 shot revolvers,all chambers loaded. Handled and shot handguns for yrs. In a sudden situation,anxiety probably increased,so want to pull-point-shoot. Recently bought compact 9mm semi auto pistol,practicing until and confident and skilled in shots at "combat distance." Will have one bullet "up the pipe." Do not want to short stroke while trying to rack slide back. Nothing perfect in this world,but most police and military folks I was around carried their semi auto pistols "hot."I carried revolvers for years, always left it on an empty cylinder. Now I’m carrying a shield. I’m gonna assume I’m going to get made fun of here, but I’ve carried without a round chambered. Always kind of hoped/assumed if something was coming I’d see it coming. Then the other day I was working on my daughters car at her apartment complex, and as I’m going to her door this mid sized black dog starts charging. Probly 45-50 lb of mutt. I panic for a minute, saw it was on a lead, ran a few steps, then realized he’d pulled the stake from the ground and was loose. My back hit the wall of the building, it lunges at me, I bashed it in the head with my tool bag, it tries again I hit it twice more and run ten more steps, finally starting to think, realize he thinks he’s just doing his job, but there’s no where else to run and decide if he comes at me again I’m going to shoot it, but there I am, with a pistol that I’d have to jack a round in the chamber while it’s biting me, if it comes to that. Thankfully it backed off, but I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
Edit.. I carry on my hip in a kydex that covers the bang bang stick. Reading the comments I think it’s just a mental thing I need to get over.
Does anyone beside me remember that cute little girl in Miracle on 32nd Street?IDK, celebs get away with murder all the time... Literally
Just touching on it. The Israeli carry is so overstated. Yes they train that way but here is why they are an exception and why they do what they do. (from what a former IDF guy Told me)... from competent teachers.
I bet some instructors teach people to carry with an empty chamber.
Not sure if it's common in the states though.
Some people are taught to rack the slide as part of their draw (Israeli carry).
I remember a cute little girl in Miracle on 34th Street ;-)Does anyone beside me remember that cute little girl in Miracle on 32nd Street?
Ah, correct, but do you know who she was and what happened to her?I remember a cute little girl in Miracle on 34th Street ;-)
Wasn't she Natalie Wood as a child and didn't she drown under mysterious circumstances?Ah, correct, but do you know who she was and what happened to her?
A gun will not go off by itself. However people make mistakes all the time. Some guns are very unforgiving, while some are fairly forgiving. One of my friends no longer carries his 1911, because he found out twice that the safety was off when he took it out of the holster at the end of the day. A 1911 cocked but not locked takes just a touch of the trigger to fire when you grab the gun. A Glock is better but things seem to be able to get to the trigger from time to time. There are tons of YouTube videos of someone holstering a Glock and having an AD. A double action gun seems to have the lowest chance of accidental discharge. It is not zero, but as low as possible.Exactly how many stories have you heard of gun going off, that didn't involve something explaining it? I've never heard of a gun "just" going off by itself. To my knowledge there is no reason to be concerned about the cocked hammer/striker/spring hanging over a live primer as the gun was designed to do so safely.