Maybe that decision may look controversial for some-
one, but in our opinion carrying weapon without round
in chamber (or totally unloaded) is a mistake. If you do
not fill sure enough and safe enough to carry firearm
in Condition 1, maybe you just not ready to carry it at
all?
Subject of carrying a firearm is very wide, so to nar-
row it down in this article we will focus only on Con-
ditions of carrying. We omit on purpose things like
holster and its placement, proper outfit or owner's
mental and physical readiness. There will be more
suitable time in future.
For simplification we consider two situations: Condition
1 (C1), weapon with magazine inserted, round and safe-
ty on, if manual safety is present) and Condition 3 (C3),
when weapon has magazine inserted, but no round in the
chamber.
Since modern firearms are build for safe carrying with
the round chambered (external manual safety or internal
safety) question pops up – why consider anything differ-
ent than C1?
Most popular arguments and answer for them.
Negligent discharge while drawing and holstering
(shooter's fault)
Reason: evident lack of training or unfamiliarity with
construction of the weapon for example: not used safety
or de-cocker (firearms in in fact in Condition 0 not proper
for carrying).
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