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Originally posted by Abn556:
I think that in the current political environment, Israeli Carry might be a good piece of legal advice. I base this on the ability for your lawyer to claim you had the time to rack the slide so therefore you had time to consider what you were doing. Maybe? Maybe it makes no difference.

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As a lawyer, this doesn't add up.

I have a good friend who is Israeli. Did more than his mandatory hitch, spent some time getting shot at, picked up some cool scars, and then immigrated to the US where he worked for several years as a cop.

He never carried chamber empty.

His take is it was an administrative thing from having to issue handguns of multiple makes and sometimes questionable quality to people of varying levels of proficiency. For people actively going into harms way where a handgun might be primary, it was ignored.

We do the same thing with shotguns in squad cars. Car ready is a loaded magazine, empty chamber, safety on, hammer down with action unlocked. It’s safer to handle and transport and if we have time to get the gun, we have time to rack the gun.

Pistol is for emergencies RIGHT NOW. I’ve been on both sides of unfriendly fire getting traded about. Trust me on this, if lead is coming at you, no matter how high speed low drag you are, you aren’t going to have the time or motor control to rack that pistol, and that’s assuming you have two free and functional hands to do it with.

It’s a free country. Carry empty chamber if you want, but it’s not a great idea.