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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Apr 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Orthzar (not Fortnite)

      strongly disagree with this logic if you carry a gun with a loaded chamber you might spend the last moment of your life not realizing that the trigger got hooked on something by accidenthttps://twitter.com/orthzar/status/1384947544069861376 …

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      Orthzar (not Fortnite) @orthzar
      If you carry a gun with an empty-chamber, you will spend the last moments of your life pulling on that slide.
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Apr 2021

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      2/ what's more likely? improper carry / an accident, or an attempted murder where you have 1 second (but not two seconds) to defend yourself? https://twitter.com/_portlock_/status/1384949065138507780 …

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Red Headed Steppeson

      3/ My argument is a mathematical one: I expect that there is a 1 / 500 chance I will need to use a pistol defensively in my lifetime. In such a scenario there is a 1/ 2,000 chance that the 1 second to rack the slide makes a difference. ...so 1 / 1M >>>https://twitter.com/TheLumpenprole/status/1385217003670097920 …

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      Red Headed Steppeson @TheLumpenprole
      Replying to @MorlockP
      I’m torn. My carry is a CZ75 PCR, so single/double with a decocker. I’m mixed on if I think there is almost any situation I’d see it getting hooked enough to discharge BUT I always feel leery bout one in the chamber on most weapons period.
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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

      4/ contrast this with carrying a pistol with a round in the chamber. and, yes, yes, carry it in a good holster, practice safe behavior, all that. But what are the chances that SOMETHING goes wrong at least once? much bigger than 1 in 1M, I think. Accidents happen.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Red Headed Steppeson

      5/ I think that the "always carry w a round in the chamber" is motivated much less by calm mathematical analysis and much more by emotional daydreaming "but what if I got attacked by six terrorists simultaneously !?!?"https://twitter.com/TheLumpenprole/status/1385221484059271168 …

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      Red Headed Steppeson @TheLumpenprole
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      Thats fair and tends to be my thought.
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

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          6/ https://twitter.com/bdunbar/status/1385223341125033984 …

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

          7/ USAF ROTC survival training, Plattsburgh AFB, 1990 survival training sgt: every year someone cuts themselves with a knife, and it's usually the one who bragged about being an Eagle Scout cadet I couldn't stand: "I'm an Eagle Scout and that'd never happen to me" >>>

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

          8/ anyone want to guess what Act 3 of this little story is? yes, exactly those 30 seconds watching the blood and the smirk on the sgt's face were the only part of the month long USAF field training that didn't suck

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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Red Headed Steppeson

          9/ Yep.https://twitter.com/TheLumpenprole/status/1385224323787640833 …

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          Red Headed Steppeson @TheLumpenprole
          Replying to @MorlockP
          If I have to draw and use my carry, having to make it hot is a big part of it. I know I have it. I know its (almost certainly) safe until drawn and I know its hot only when I make a conscious choice for it to be so. The only alternative would be a gun with a safety, MAYBE.
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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

          10/ I pointed a gun at one person, once in my life (road rage kind thing - I was stopped at a traffic light and he opened my passenger door and tried to get in), and the pistol had an EMPTY chamber. ...and I'm happy it did.

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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

          11/ Even in that scenario, where we're well down the funnel to violence, there was < 1:500 chance that he was gonna attack me while facing down a pistol, and I'd rather have to rack a slide while dealing w that than run the risk of a negligent discharge into a guy's face.

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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

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          12/ @octal has had 10,000x more training than me, so he's due a ton of deference yet - I disagree (could be convinced w hard data, tho!). I'm not a body guard or blackwater security, and the scenarios I'm likely to see do not require instant response https://twitter.com/octal/status/1385225167421550598 …

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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2021

          13/ I've had some folks tell me in DMs "well, there ARE scenarios where that 1 second matters; look at this case or that case" I ENTIRELY AGREE ! There ARE such scenarios. I am merely doing math on the LIKELIHOOD of such scenarios.

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        1. Red Headed Steppeson‏ @TheLumpenprole 22 Apr 2021
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          If I have to draw and use my carry, having to make it hot is a big part of it. I know I have it. I know its (almost certainly) safe until drawn and I know its hot only when I make a conscious choice for it to be so. The only alternative would be a gun with a safety, MAYBE.

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