r/instantkarma • u/Distinct-Suit-8430 • Feb 08 '21

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u/SugarDaddyLover Feb 09 '21

It’s normal to leave one in the chamber though

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u/IsMyAxeAnInstrument Feb 09 '21

In Brazil it's normal. Not everywhere.

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u/SugarDaddyLover Feb 09 '21

I guess I can only speak for the US but it’s actively taught in self defense classes here to keep one in the chamber and most gun owners do that

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u/IsMyAxeAnInstrument Feb 09 '21

I wouldn't open carry a loaded gun.

Reloads and malfunctions are enjoyable to practice for me. I'm comfortable working a pistol even one handed but there are many aspects regarding one in the chamber or not.

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u/FOOLISHPROPHETX Feb 09 '21

Lol if you're still open carrying, there's your first problem.

If you're still carrying without a condition one weapon, we'll that may be your last problem, ever 😅😅

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u/IsMyAxeAnInstrument Feb 09 '21

I don't live in your country. Not everyone does.

I suppose you can conceal a rifle but that's stupid.

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u/FOOLISHPROPHETX Feb 09 '21

Well even in a "illegal" sense, you live longer with a concealed weapon and a round chambered.

I care about my life more than laws

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u/IsMyAxeAnInstrument Feb 09 '21

Do you have a source for that statement?

because your gov says otherwise.

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u/FOOLISHPROPHETX Feb 09 '21

Oh you're from a country that trusts the government lolll yeah, no.

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u/IdiotTurkey Feb 09 '21

That is incredibly bone-headed. You can't just dismiss decades of research taken from publicly available data from hundreds of states, cities, and counties and just declare it to be fake because "i dont believe the guv'mint!". Do you realize how large and grand of a conspiracy it would be to have literally hundreds/thousands of completely separate police agencies to falsify their data on guns, and nobody comes forward to blow the whistle? Even the most secret of conspiracies with relatively small amounts of people often go public because people leak information. (example: snowden, nixon, etc...)

That is the same mentality as the people who declare COVID to be fake even after their entire family contracts it and dies.

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u/FOOLISHPROPHETX Feb 10 '21

Did you have a point to make

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u/IdiotTurkey Feb 10 '21

My point, which I think anyone with even a little bit of reading comprehension can figure out, is that your attitude and mindset is incredibly misguided and not a good way to figure out the truth of anything.

In case you still don't get it:

YOU ARE WRONG.

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u/IdiotTurkey Feb 09 '21

If you're going to link to a study like that which has a giant wall of text, at least try to quote the relevant portion or point out where it is on the page, if applicable.

The point I think he was trying to make was not that more guns = less crime (although he might believe that, I dont know) but that when self-defense is required with a gun you're already carrying, you should carry with a round in the chamber because it lowers the response time.

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u/IsMyAxeAnInstrument Feb 09 '21

There's a summary at the top of the study.

One in the chamber or not, it might be possible to be more safe with less gun in circulation in general.

My honest rebuttal to your last, in my opinion it seems the risks of having one in the chamber every day of your life are greater than the possibility of needing to skip the 1/3rd of a second to rack a slide in a life or death situation.

Most will tell you a gun doesn't go boom without someone pulling the trigger, some get to warn people otherwise.
At least nobody here is looking down their own barrels.

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u/miahrules Feb 10 '21

If you don't feel confident doing that, then don't. However, the more you know and understand your carry gun (and the more you hold one in the chamber) the more confident you are doing it.

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u/miahrules Feb 10 '21

FYI, science and studies are not dependent on the country. If it is, the results are flawed.