One in the chamber or not ????

[NavyLCDR]

Something that has been in my mind whether to walk around with one in the chamber or not. Do you have the time to chamber a round if confronted . Let me know your opinion.

If you are confronted with a real self-defense situation you are guaranteed to have the rest of your life to get a round chambered. So, it's up to you.

Nothing in the chamber? Show your piece and bluff your way out of it. It'll almost always work. That's the other side of the argument.

Bluff your way out. Yeah, I'll bet my life on that one.... given the choice between "showing my piece" and bluffing, or simply showing a loaded firearm ready to rock and roll, I see no need or reason at all to bluff - this isn't the wide world of poker. If the criminal decides to call your bluff - or is just too high on drugs to care, what are you going to do? "Oh, hell, I only got a pair of deuces, you win."

And, thus starts the same 9 pages of crap that always occurs - you know, that definition of insanity - asking the same damn question that has been asked a multitude of times before and expecting a different answer, when absolutely nothing has changed since the last 10 times it was asked.

I'll start it off just to give a reason for "JustTheFacts" to squeal like a little girl - carrying a gun without a round in the chamber is like driving without a seatbelt and only planning on fastening it at the moment when you are absolutely sure you are going to be in an accident.

just want to see everyone else's opinions

I seriously doubt if anyone's opinion has changed since last week. I will give you credit, though, at least you posted it in a different subforum.

 

[mappow]

But remember that, statistically, the chances of any of us having to pull the trigger in self defense at some point in our lives is ridiculously small. Show your piece and bluff your way out of it. It'll almost always work.

Yea babes, you bet your life and play the odds I'll play the way I know. Your inane insight speaks volumes of your age and education. Let alone experience. Why carry in the first place if your odds are so small. Or according to your logic, just carry a toy gun. Cheaper and don't need a permit.

 

[Rocketgeezer]

It's just a question I know what I am doing already have my opinion I know what and how I like to carry just want to see everyone else's opinions answer to your reply yup a little smart but it's cool

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I have been wrong before, but I bet if you were to pole 500 handgun carryers, I would there would be less than 1% that had empty chambers

 

[Bigdaddyyankee]

If you are confronted with a real self-defense situation you are guaranteed to have the rest of your life to get a round chambered. So, it's up to you.



Bluff your way out. Yeah, I'll bet my life on that one.... given the choice between "showing my piece" and bluffing, or simply showing a loaded firearm ready to rock and roll, I see no need or reason at all to bluff - this isn't the wide world of poker. If the criminal decides to call your bluff - or is just too high on drugs to care, what are you going to do? "Oh, hell, I only got a pair of deuces, you win."

And, thus starts the same 9 pages of crap that always occurs - you know, that definition of insanity - asking the same damn question that has been asked a multitude of times before and expecting a different answer, when absolutely nothing has changed since the last 10 times it was asked.

I'll start it off just to give a reason for "JustTheFacts" to squeal like a little girl - carrying a gun without a round in the chamber is like driving without a seatbelt and only planning on fastening it at the moment when you are absolutely sure you are going to be in an accident.



I seriously doubt if anyone's opinion has changed since last week. I will give you credit, though, at least you posted it in a different subforum.

Thanks

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[Bigdaddyyankee]

If you are confronted with a real self-defense situation you are guaranteed to have the rest of your life to get a round chambered. So, it's up to you.



Bluff your way out. Yeah, I'll bet my life on that one.... given the choice between "showing my piece" and bluffing, or simply showing a loaded firearm ready to rock and roll, I see no need or reason at all to bluff - this isn't the wide world of poker. If the criminal decides to call your bluff - or is just too high on drugs to care, what are you going to do? "Oh, hell, I only got a pair of deuces, you win."

And, thus starts the same 9 pages of crap that always occurs - you know, that definition of insanity - asking the same damn question that has been asked a multitude of times before and expecting a different answer, when absolutely nothing has changed since the last 10 times it was asked.

I'll start it off just to give a reason for "JustTheFacts" to squeal like a little girl - carrying a gun without a round in the chamber is like driving without a seatbelt and only planning on fastening it at the moment when you are absolutely sure you are going to be in an accident.



I seriously doubt if anyone's opinion has changed since last week. I will give you credit, though, at least you posted it in a different subforum.

Thanks brother

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[Bigdaddyyankee]

I have been wrong before, but I bet if you were to pole 500 handgun carryers, I would there would be less than 1% that had empty chambers

The reason I am curi I us I carry everyday one in the chamber I have a Co worker who carries empty says he wants to be sure knows who he shooting 1st so I decided to do this to show him other people's opinions on this subject. Good stuff

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[NavyLCDR]

The reason I am curi I us I carry everyday one in the chamber I have a Co worker who carries empty says he wants to be sure knows who he shooting 1st so I decided to do this to show him other people's opinions on this subject. Good stuff

K. I'll be serious.

JustTheFacts talks about "bluffing". Your coworker talks about knowing who he is shooting. The simple solution to both those is don't pull the trigger.

I carry with a round in the chamber for three main reasons:

1. If the gun malfunctions upon loading, I want that malfunction to occur behind the relative safety of my locked door. If I load my gun before I go out I have the time to do it carefully, methodically, and double check that it loaded properly. If there is a jam, I don't want it to be at the second that I have decided that I am probably going to have to pull the trigger to stop a threat.

2. I can't guarantee that I will have two hands available to rack the slide in a self-defense situation. I may have to push a family member to a safer location, I may have to push the attacker away, or maybe the attacker has incapacitated one arm.

3. I just plain might not have time to rack the slide and hope for the best.

If I draw my gun and the attacker runs away, then it doesn't matter if the gun was loaded or not - I just don't pull the trigger. If I draw my gun and the attack continues because the criminal's adrenaline is flowing or they are high on drugs, then why would I intentionally create any possible disadvantage for myself?

Thank you for your service in the Marines.

 

[XD40scinNC]

I choose to carry a gun, not a short club or a rock.

 

[the dark]

The reason I am curi I us I carry everyday one in the chamber I have a Co worker who carries empty says he wants to be sure knows who he shooting 1st so I decided to do this to show him other people's opinions on this subject. Good stuff

Ask your coworker how he will chamber a round while he is fending a blow from an assailant who is right in his face. He'll certainly know who he's NOT shooting at point.

 

[wolf_fire]

The reason I am curi I us I carry everyday one in the chamber I have a Co worker who carries empty says he wants to be sure knows who he shooting 1st so I decided to do this to show him other people's opinions on this subject. Good stuff

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If he carried a revolver would he make sure the round that lined up with the barrel were empty too? :wacko:

Does he take the ink out of his pen when he is done writing? This way when he goes to use the pen the next time, he may not want to use it on THAT particular piece of paper. It's better to load the ink ONLY when he is definitely sure he wants to put ink on that paper. :wacko:

Yes, I'm being facetious. But when fractions of a second count, racking a slide is not an option.

Racking a slide is something actors in TV and the movies do for effect. This effect usually is warranted by anti gunner types and those ignorant on how a firearm actually works. It is not something that should be emulated in real life. Something else they do, that should not be emulated, is use blank cartridges. Blank cartridges may be effective if you use the "bluffing" idea I saw milling around here. Believe it or not, not everything on TV is prudent. :wacko:

 

[Bigdaddyyankee]

K. I'll be serious.

JustTheFacts talks about "bluffing". Your coworker talks about knowing who he is shooting. The simple solution to both those is don't pull the trigger.

I carry with a round in the chamber for three main reasons:

1. If the gun malfunctions upon loading, I want that malfunction to occur behind the relative safety of my locked door. If I load my gun before I go out I have the time to do it carefully, methodically, and double check that it loaded properly. If there is a jam, I don't want it to be at the second that I have decided that I am probably going to have to pull the trigger to stop a threat.

2. I can't guarantee that I will have two hands available to rack the slide in a self-defense situation. I may have to push a family member to a safer location, I may have to push the attacker away, or maybe the attacker has incapacitated one arm.

3. I just plain might not have time to rack the slide and hope for the best.

If I draw my gun and the attacker runs away, then it doesn't matter if the gun was loaded or not - I just don't pull the trigger. If I draw my gun and the attack continues because the criminal's adrenaline is flowing or they are high on drugs, then why would I intentionally create any possible disadvantage for myself?

Thank you for your service in the Marines.

I thank you for your comment and appreciation for not just I but all serviceman who served this country. Great stuff stay safe and like taurus says "Carry On" be good.

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[FlatFrog]

Forget one in the chamber, next time I see it rehashed I'm putting one in my mouth.....

 

[Bigdaddyyankee]

Forget one in the chamber, next time I see it rehashed I'm putting one in my mouth.....

OK be careful

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[JustTheFacts]

Forget one in the chamber, next time I see it rehashed I'm putting one in my mouth.....

Which is better, one in the chamber or one in this guy's mouth?

 

[JustTheFacts]

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/handgun-discussion/44183-one-chamber-not.html

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/concealed-carry-discussion/43974-one-pipe.html

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/concealed-carry-discussion/39907-lock-load.html

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/concealed-carry-discussion/35128-one-chamber-yes-no.html

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/conc...2-seconds-react-ccw-draw-hit-chest-10-ft.html

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/conc...reat-article-about-how-carry-chamber-not.html

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/concealed-carry-discussion/38791-carry-hot-not.html

Thank you so much for your extensive research, oh defender of the people. Why don't you just quit responding to morons, allow them to do their own research, and get a life outside this forum?

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I am actually recommending "a life outside this forum" and not just a switch to another.

 

[JustTheFacts]

If you are confronted with a real self-defense situation you are guaranteed to have the rest of your life to get a round chambered. So, it's up to you.



Bluff your way out. Yeah, I'll bet my life on that one.... given the choice between "showing my piece" and bluffing, or simply showing a loaded firearm ready to rock and roll, I see no need or reason at all to bluff - this isn't the wide world of poker. If the criminal decides to call your bluff - or is just too high on drugs to care, what are you going to do? "Oh, hell, I only got a pair of deuces, you win."

And, thus starts the same 9 pages of crap that always occurs - you know, that definition of insanity - asking the same damn question that has been asked a multitude of times before and expecting a different answer, when absolutely nothing has changed since the last 10 times it was asked.

I'll start it off just to give a reason for "JustTheFacts" to squeal like a little girl - carrying a gun without a round in the chamber is like driving without a seatbelt and only planning on fastening it at the moment when you are absolutely sure you are going to be in an accident.



I seriously doubt if anyone's opinion has changed since last week. I will give you credit, though, at least you posted it in a different subforum.

Are you such a total idiot that you think that repetition of the same stupid crap you put on a separate thread is now more convincing?

Why respond to idiots if you find it a waste of time? Let the thread die.

So I guess I shouldn't have responded to your garbage . Sorry, your highness.

 

[JustTheFacts]

Oh, by the way. My thanks go out to Wolf_pants_ on_Fire and NavyLCDR of a Rubber Ducky Flotilla for being the last individuals to check out my profile.

I feel kinda sexy.

And dirty.

And all confused about my feelings deep inside.

 

[NavyLCDR]

Are you such a total idiot that you think that repetition of the same stupid crap you put on a separate thread is now more convincing?

Why respond to idiots if you find it a waste of time? Let the thread die.

So I guess I shouldn't have responded to your garbage . Sorry, your highness.

Really? You haven't posting anything original since you've been on this forum. You have only posted exactly the same bullcrap over and over again. And for someone who calls themselves "JustTheFacts" you haven't posted a single fact - only your same, single opinion over and over again.

 

[kgibbs63]

It's best to carry one in the chamber, if you ever needed your gun you can't take time to rack the slide, that is a matter of life and death.


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[Bigdaddyyankee]

Are you such a total idiot that you think that repetition of the same stupid crap you put on a separate thread is now more convincing?

Why respond to idiots if you find it a waste of time? Let the thread die.

So I guess I shouldn't have responded to your garbage . Sorry, your highness.

You sound a real ass (just the facts) maybe you should act o your own response on the forum's

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