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- Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:48 am
- Forum: New to CHL?
- Topic: One in the pipe?
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Re: One in the pipe?
Sure it's cool they can do that, but why not for a manual safety gun just click the safety off? Or just pull the trigger on a DA/SA gun? Yes of course there will be a select number of people who can do this on a range with their guns holstered outside of their clothes and not in a life threatening situation, but how many people of the general public can one expect to perfect and master this technique, let alone posess the ability to? I do not think it is good judgement to pass this type of mentality on to other prospective chl'ers expecting them to survive/effectively defend themselves. Learn your weapon, how it works and functions, and if you're not comfortable carrying it condition 1 find another weapon that is suitable and train with it and learn how to carry it safely. Practice makes perfect, so the saying goes.
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:39 pm
- Forum: New to CHL?
- Topic: One in the pipe?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7149
Re: One in the pipe?
I've also found my safety to be off while carrying once. As mentioned before, a good quality holster specifically made for your gun is a must. Since I got one I haven't had the safety come off yet, although I have now made it routine practice to randomly check throughout the day.
I think everyone has these feelings at the beginning that carrying condition 1 is unsafe because we are (at least I was) programmed not to put a round in the chamber unless you were ready to shoot. Duck hunting or deer hunting as a kid, pops would always tell us not to load our guns until we were in the blind or sitting in the deer stand, but once we left the blind/stand our gun was to be unloaded and carried with the reciever/bolt open. I now see his reasons for having us do those things, because it was just hunting and the need to have a loaded firearm was not a life or death situation, as is carrying concealed. That was the obstacle I had to overcome to carry my 1911 cocked and locked, which I didn't do right off the bat.
I tried to train drawing/racking/aiming and firing, but the more I practiced, the more I began to realize this is just not a viable method. How could I possibly do all of this in an unexpected attack and be able to defend myself? You just can't.
I think everyone has these feelings at the beginning that carrying condition 1 is unsafe because we are (at least I was) programmed not to put a round in the chamber unless you were ready to shoot. Duck hunting or deer hunting as a kid, pops would always tell us not to load our guns until we were in the blind or sitting in the deer stand, but once we left the blind/stand our gun was to be unloaded and carried with the reciever/bolt open. I now see his reasons for having us do those things, because it was just hunting and the need to have a loaded firearm was not a life or death situation, as is carrying concealed. That was the obstacle I had to overcome to carry my 1911 cocked and locked, which I didn't do right off the bat.
I tried to train drawing/racking/aiming and firing, but the more I practiced, the more I began to realize this is just not a viable method. How could I possibly do all of this in an unexpected attack and be able to defend myself? You just can't.