re: Do you keep one in the chamber?

That's all well and good, but I feel like if you're going to have a loaded gun anywhere, it needs to be on you. Either concealed, in your hands, on your shoulder, or something like that.

Any other time it should be unloaded.

That's just me though. The only person I trust with a loaded gun is me, and if its in my hands I'm the only one who can use it.

knowing his post history...#2 most likely

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Eh, not in my neighborhood. Probably the worst crime here is people smoking weed. It's a very very laid back area. Drifters or natives from the village cause most violent crime in this town and most are centered downtown. No one gets over to the island.

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Roger, you're in a special situation. I'm the same way when I'm up at my house in Alaska. The rules are so much more permissive for carrying a weapon, but I find myself not wanting to because of the lack of crime. The only reason I carry up there is for dogs and friggin' moose (I haven't been up there during spring to experience bears coming out of hibernation).

However, when down here in my high-dollar home near Houston, I'm locked, cocked and ready to rock at all times.

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I've out shot many men

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.357 is an awesome caliber.

I hope you have it loaded in both rifle and pistol.

Easy to reload, as well.

So much brass to scavenge from ranges.

I love my 357, I only have a pistola chambered in it. I reload at my uncle's shop, he's got a sweet set up.

I just started reloading. I may eventually, I'm still very green.

Alright, I'll bite.

Who the frick is this guy? Never seen him on the OB before and he's just gonna hop in and call us all cowboys? Alright, buddy.

But anyway, the one occasion I can see having an unchambered round is if kids are around. I don't have kids so I can understand a parent wanting to watch out for them if they are too young to learn firearms safety.

Besides that, a gun without a round chambered is worthless for a few reasons:

1. When under stress, every motion you make is automatic. You won't be thinking, you will just be doing.

2. The time a semi automatic will malfunction more than ANY other time, is when the action is being manipulated by someone. The chances of a short stroke or a soft rack not properly chambering a round are putting the cards in the criminals' favor. You are better off stacking the cards in your favor.

3. What if you only have one usable hand? This changes the ballgame a good bit.

And just a question, do you seriously sleep with your wheel gun's cylinder open? If it's new enough to not have a firing pin mounted on the hammer, there is no way it will just "go off." You have an EXTREMELY long double action pull to make it go bang. What if you try to slap the cylinder into place and the rounds pop back a bit and prevent it from setting in place properly? Now you're holding a hammer.

The stories you talk about are negligence at their finest. You can NEVER become complacent with firearms safety. When complacency (or stupidity) set in, that's when bad things happen.

Trying to relate the improper use of a handgun by a drunk guy to the proper use of a gun already chambered for defensive purposes is idiotic and makes you lose a lot of credibility.

That is all.

EDIT: DrTyger I've got you covered. I'm the token OB reloader.

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