I do not carry a concealed handgun because I think it's cool, or because I especially like to, or because everyone else is............I carry one in order to protect me and my family from potential harm, and I consider it an absolute requirement that I be able to get it into action as quickly as possible. In a gunfight, the winner is probably going to be the one who shoots first, providing of course, that he knows how to shoot. That is why I always carry with a round in the chamber. If one is carrying a semi-auto without a round in the chamber, there is always that possibility that if they have to rack the slide in order to chamber a round, they might be unable to do so. That's a chance I'm unwilling to take.
