Anyone carry blanks?

[Excaliber]

Not me either. "Warning shots" are a horrible idea. Don't pull the gun until you have no other choice. Don't pull the trigger unless you really need to shoot the other guy. A warning shot simply leaves you with one less round, which you may later regret. And if you're carrying a blank in the chamber, then you are down a round from the get go.

And then there is the possibility that you don't have the luxury of a warning shot, and now you've got to clear a blank from the chamber, either by firing it or by racking the slide, before you can bring it into play in your own defense.

Bad idea all around.

I have to agree here. If I have to point my gun at someone its not to 'scare' them. Its a LAST resort and things are bad. Infact I would not feel safe carrying a gun with a blank round or an empty chamber.

Don't overlook the fact that one blank round means one less live round in your load. You could find yourself fatally embarrassed by being one live round short.

[MickyD]

We were told by our sargent to fire at least three rounds and then shout Dừng lại three times.

It worked more often than not.