elteemike
No disrespect intended toward anyone who carries "empty chamber"...If you have sincerely thought it through, and didn't just get the idea 'cause "someone said" or read it somewhere on the 'Net, I respect your decision...
But ponder this...You're concerned enough about your personal safety to carry a firearm, yet then deliberately place yourself at a disadvantage "for safety"?
Whose safety are we talking about?
If you cannot carry safely with a loaded chamber, "cocked and locked" as it were in all it's various hardware-dictated permutations because you don't think you can be "safe"...
If you don't think you can rely on your equipment because you don't maintain it...
If you can't rely on your pistolcraft because you don't practice...
If you don't or can't trust your own ability to take your gun off safe as you present, or won't keep your finger off the trigger until it belongs there...
If you don't understand at a fundamental, instinctive level that the only "safety" you can really rely on is the one between your own ears...
Then I most humbly suggest anyone who fits into any of the above catagories should fundamentally rethink their decision to carry at all...
This is adult stuff, folks...AKA Serious Business!
The decision to carry a concealed weapon is not simple nor should it be spontaneous, and should never be made lightly or on a whim, but only after much self-analysis and soul-searching...This is an awesome responsibilty and power we take unto ourselves when we carry...
Before anyone brings out the flame-throwers, please allow me to simply add...I realize nobody ever knows for sure how they will react, but we CAN prepare ourselves mentally and phychologically for the potential event...THEN...
We must know ourselves and anticipate how we will likely react, and be prepared mentally and psychologically for the situations that may arise and the potential outcomes...Then train, train, and train somemore...
Then and only then, start to carry...We will be glad we did, and will then be able to take full advantage of the feeling of liberation bearing arms provides the Free Man...
Good luck, and God Bless You, All...
Cogito! Ergo Armatum Sum!