I'm happy everyday that I carry and don't need to use it.
To - carry and any situations when you’re glad you did?
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Yes, I have found it reassuring to have a sidearm available at times when it wasn’t needed. Only had to point a firearm at a person one time in my life, but that was not in average civilian American life.
As to getting a firearm to carry, there are lots of things to consider.
-Picking something you WILL carry. Light enough, small enough, potent enough, easy enough to use and practice with, comfortable to shoot and practice with. Easy to operate under an adrenaline dump, but safe enough to operate under an adrenaline dump without being prone to discharging when you don’t want to or aren’t quite ready for.
My two most carried handguns right now are:
A Beretta Px4 compact or a S&W J frame revolver. The Beretta because it is a Double action first pull for ensuring that first shot is deliberate. It is decocker only, so there is no safety to have to manipulate to get a shot off And the decocker let’s me safely lower the hammer when shooting is done And resets the trigger to DA for holstering. It has an exposed hammer for checking manually when holstering to ensure it is down and the trigger isn’t snagging anything on the way into the holster (by placing the thumb behind the hammer on return to holster).
An Airweight .38 Special is light, small, and easy to carry and conceal in lightweight clothing. It features a double action trigger and no safeties to have to deactivate in order to employ. (So, some of the same reasons for picking the Px4, and basic initial employment is the same without having to train or practice a different safety. Draw, point/aim, shoot.)
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As to getting a firearm to carry, there are lots of things to consider.
-Picking something you WILL carry. Light enough, small enough, potent enough, easy enough to use and practice with, comfortable to shoot and practice with. Easy to operate under an adrenaline dump, but safe enough to operate under an adrenaline dump without being prone to discharging when you don’t want to or aren’t quite ready for.
My two most carried handguns right now are:
A Beretta Px4 compact or a S&W J frame revolver. The Beretta because it is a Double action first pull for ensuring that first shot is deliberate. It is decocker only, so there is no safety to have to manipulate to get a shot off And the decocker let’s me safely lower the hammer when shooting is done And resets the trigger to DA for holstering. It has an exposed hammer for checking manually when holstering to ensure it is down and the trigger isn’t snagging anything on the way into the holster (by placing the thumb behind the hammer on return to holster).
An Airweight .38 Special is light, small, and easy to carry and conceal in lightweight clothing. It features a double action trigger and no safeties to have to deactivate in order to employ. (So, some of the same reasons for picking the Px4, and basic initial employment is the same without having to train or practice a different safety. Draw, point/aim, shoot.)
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