Carry without a round in a chamber = FAIL

[PandaLuv]

Did he die?

[Hogxtz]

Highlander, those video's are cool. I wonder if they had to install weaker springs to be able to do that?

[Shenaniguns]

Nonsense. This may be true for cops cruising South-Central LA. It may be true for our soldiers in Iraq. It is not true for most ordinary armed citizens.
The one time I had need for my gun to confront an intruder, I racked the slide to load the round and went to work. No problem.

People who lose their cool under pressure to the extent that they cannot rack a slide to load a round are people who cannot be trusted to walk around with a round chambered.

And we have all seen that thread where the gentleman shot himself in the drive-thru with his holstered weapon. I'm guessing it was a Glock that did not even have a slide safety. And he's carrying it around loaded in a drive thru. Great.

Holy Trolltastic!!!

[HighLander51]

And we have all seen that thread where the gentleman shot himself in the drive-thru with his holstered weapon

Yes it was a Glock, but not a gun problem, it was a holster problem, which is a shooter problem.

[Which Way Out]

To each and everyone in this thread:

Have any of you ever had to pull your weapon?

I once had a dumba** is the sites of my rifle. I heard a lot of banging and yelling at my neighbors house one night at his back door. Got up and looked out the window and this guy was trying to get in. The neighbor was yelling and holding the door from the inside to keep it closed. I had this guy lined up with a angle shot if I needed to. Luckily the guy gave up and wondered down the road. He never knew I was there and what happen to him I don't know. Just glad he went away.
Kinda freaky when I think about it.

[Shenaniguns]

To each and everyone in this thread:

Have any of you ever had to pull your weapon?

yes

[Ksmash01]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=086_1260862712

Watch the video. A unloaded gun will do you NO GOOD when you NEED IT. Without a round in the chamber you are carrying a unloaded gun. To do otherwise would be to carry a paperweight.

Defensive shootings happen in seconds, you most likely will NOT have time to rack the slide or you remember to rack the slide.

So am I to understand that an LEO on CGN just said I sould carry my gun loaded???

[PandaLuv]

^^^^
with ccw you can.

[drunktank]

I've had to pull my weapon and there was no round in chamber. It was at a residence so circumstances were different. Out and about it would be more effective to have one in the chamber, but regardless of carry, training and practice are required

[JDW67]

I once had a dumba** is the sites of my rifle. I heard a lot of banging and yelling at my neighbors house one night at his back door. Got up and looked out the window and this guy was trying to get in. The neighbor was yelling and holding the door from the inside to keep it closed. I had this guy lined up with a angle shot if I needed to. Luckily the guy gave up and wondered down the road. He never knew I was there and what happen to him I don't know. Just glad he went away.
Kinda freaky when I think about it.

Exactly...People talk about how they would do this or that if a certain situation comes up. But, until you're actually in that situation, I doubt anyone knows how they are going to react.

[Ksmash01]

To each and everyone in this thread:

Have any of you ever had to pull your weapon?

Yes, twice.

Never had to fire though. The crackheads I encountered were rather submissive.

[Soldier415]

An unloaded gun is as useful as a football bat

[Ksmash01]

^^^^
with ccw you can.

I wasn't talking about having any permit...

I'm just glad I'm intelligent enough to know that even if he did say " go ahead and carry your weapon loaded without a permit" doesn't mean that I can.

Exactly...People talk about how they would do this or that if a certain situation comes up. But, until you're actually in that situation, I doubt anyone knows how they are going to react.

I'm from Oakland, where people have lots of chances to train in situations like those...nothin like live fire to get the adrenaline pumping...

[titankeith]

To each and everyone in this thread:

Have any of you ever had to pull your weapon?

In the Marine Corps, yes I did, and took return fire as well....and this was a "peace time" mission. The fact is an unloaded weapon is not a weapon and leaves someone wide open to a first strike...which is why I wouldn't open carry...someone like that is a sitting duck for bad guys...I'd much rather CCW and bad guys think I'm a victim...element of suprise would be on my side...however, in that video, the perps seemed to know the target was armed and shot him immediately...and when that happens, adrenaline is up and we're ALL at 50% capacity and he had to targets with guns...bad situation no matter what, but if he had a round chambered, he could've gotten a round or two off and maybe got the perps instead of them taking his gun away...or they may have continued firing..not exactly a win-win for anyone...either way, he was going to get shot in that scenario.

[G60]

Epic FAIL.

seriously. who's side is this guy on?