I'm scared to leave my Glock loaded

[MASTERLAB]

get the mic holster (Minimal Inside Carry) it covers your trigger so you cant shoot with it on, not very large or expensive so you can store it easily and have it on all the time if you are worried

[Anchors]

Dropping your Glock is safer than dropping a 1911.

That said, get both!

[Patchbunny]

What the hell is wrong with me? I think it's mostly the light trigger and absense of safety. For this reason I want to switch to 1911/Beretta 92 style gun. Anyone else went through this?

If it's a CCW weapon, rack the slide to prime the trigger, the load a magazine leaving the chamber empty. Carry it like that for a week or two. As time progresses with the trigger never getting pulled accidentally on the empty chamber, your confidence in carrying the Glock will increase.

[Cali-Shooter]

Dropping your Glock is safer than dropping a 1911.

That said, get both!

Big +1 on that. They are worlds apart.

[HighLander51]

And the difference between any Glock and any double action revolver is? Nothing, pull trigger, go bang! There is no difference. If you are that scared of a Glock, send it me. It will go to good use, free of charge............

[cindynles]

Yup...there is something wrong with you. Get some training.

Sounds like you need some more trigger time with you Glock.

[tonelar]

Another reason why the Glock is considered an expert's firearm. I know a lot of newer shooters who wouldn't have a Glock as anything other than a range toy. They get squeamish knowing it's got one in the chamber. IMHO they need to train, train, train to develop the discipline to be confident in their weapon.

I have zero issues with a striker fired weapon with one in the chamber.

It's interesting that you'd describe your gun's trigger pull as light.

[Cali-Shooter]

If it's a CCW weapon, rack the slide to prime the trigger, the load a magazine leaving the chamber empty. Carry it like that for a week or two. As time progresses with the trigger never getting pulled accidentally on the empty chamber, your confidence in carrying the Glock will increase.

Excellent suggestion. The video of that one guy on youtube who tied a cocked Glock (empty) on a rope and dragged it behind his truck for 3+ miles on a rocky dirt road without the trigger going off comes to mind.

[xxsleepyxx]

It's interesting that you'd describe your gun's trigger pull as light.

It's not so much as it's light as it's just not quite heavy enough. I have no problem with a DA/SA Revolver loaded. I just feel the Glock's trigger is prone to snagging on something (clothing shoe strings etc.) and firing. With a revolver, no so much.

[blakdawg]

If this is your first gun or your first Glock it may take you a little while to really feel comfortable with its operation. Many, many people carry Glocks with the chamber loaded.

Other than a cocked & locked 1911, I ignore safeties on handguns - as far as I'm concerned, it's either loaded and I will respect it as ready to fire, or I have personally verified that the chamber is empty and it's clearly unloaded and not ready to fire. I think it's too tough to maintain a mental model that allows for a lot of in-between states that are "sort of dangerous, sort of not dangerous."

But that's just me.

It took me awhile to get comfortable keeping a round in the chamber of my first handgun. I maintained it in Condition 3 (mag full & inserted, chamber empty, slide closed) until I'd owned it and used it for awhile and trusted it to fire when I pulled the trigger, and to not fire when I didn't.

Don't worry about doing stuff the way other people do it - make sure you're being safe and that you understand exactly what you're doing and why you're doing it, and you'll be OK. If you try hard enough, you can always find someone on the Internet to tell you that whatever you're doing is perfect, and someone else to tell you it's horrible.

[DannyZRC]

nothing wrong with you, a glock isn't as safe as some other pistol designs (cue the flame brigade, etc, etc).

we all have our own comfort level when it comes to risk, for me, a glock is not as good a solution as another (almost any other) pistol.

I think almost all people who own glocks won't experience an accidental discharge, and furthermore, I think almost all people who experience an accidental discharge will not experience one of serious consequence.

but other designs reduce the risk further, the tradeoff is a gun that is more difficult to bring into action and to shoot rapidly and accurately with.

I accept that tradeoff, others won't.

for what it's worth, I think IDPA/IPSC are distorting defensive handgunning in the same way MMA is distorting unarmed self defense.

[throwbricks]

As everyone else said, the thing is not going to go off, but this may ease your mind:

http://www.onesourcetactical.com/zackconcealmentholster.aspx

[RollingCode3]

What the hell is wrong with me? I think it's mostly the light trigger and absense of safety. For this reason I want to switch to 1911/Beretta 92 style gun. Anyone else went through this?

light trigger? I think it is too heavy for my taste. I put 4.5 connector in my Glock 17.

absence of safety? Glock has 3 safeties. There are more safeties on a Glock handgun than there are on any revolver.

1) the trigger safety, 2) the firing pin safety, and c) the drop safety.

[audiophil2]

I must be an oddball. I feel safest carrying my G26. I also carried a Charter .38 snub. I absolutely despise safeties. I don't use the manual safeties on any of my guns. I just make sure I never have a finger in the trigger guard unless I am going to shoot. Pretty simple and keeps me from having to learn how to manipulate safeties on several different guns.

[vintagearms]

It's not so much as it's light as it's just not quite heavy enough. I have no problem with a DA/SA Revolver loaded. I just feel the Glock's trigger is prone to snagging on something (clothing shoe strings etc.) and firing. With a revolver, no so much.

Do me a favor. Keep the gun unloaded with an empty magazine out. Pull back the charging handle so your acting like their is ammo in it. Now put back the empty magazine back in the gun and carry that around awhile. If the trigger doesn't get pulled, that should show you something. If it does, then you have too light of a trigger. My guess is that it wont get pulled.