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Why I don't carry my M&P with a round in the chamber...
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<blockquote data-quote="aestus" data-source="post: 1961349" data-attributes="member: 2989"><p>The Glock and M&P's have a firing pin block. Unless the trigger is pulled, the steel block will prevent the pin from striking the primer. </p><p></p><p>There's a Youtube video of a guy dragging a Glock with a round in the chamber on the ground tied to the back of his truck. Drives for a few miles through dirt, gravel, asphault, ect. Inspects the weapon and sure enough the round did not go off. Not only that, after a bit of cleanup, the gun still functioned like new. </p><p></p><p>I would trust a striker fired weapon with a round in the chamber over a DA/SA type gun. However, just about all firearms come with firing pin blocks now, so it really doesn't matter.</p><p></p><p>Also, with kids, it is my opinion that the need to be able to manipulate and fire the weapon with one hand is even higher. You may need to reach out to your kid with your off hand and pull him/her back behind you while drawing and firing with the other. Also, any defensive firearms class, especially force on force type classes, will show you just how critical it is to be able to draw and fire with just one hand while the other is used to strike, push or block an opponent. People who don't carry one in the chamber assume that they will always be able to see the threat 20 feet away. This is not always true and most likely, the threat will be in arms length of you by the time you realize what's happening and begin to react.</p><p></p><p>You're not going to be able to draw and manipulate a firearm, EDC knife, or any other object with both hands when your off-hand is busy fending off an attacker or holding the knife hand of an attacker, or holding back a loved one. I know this from personal experience being attacked with a knife while in the driver seat of my car a year ago and having to draw my EDC blade with my right hand, while my left hand was used to block and hold the attackers knife hand. </p><p></p><p>That single experience has changed the way I view how I carry and always carry one in the chamber now. I think back to that same event and if I had a firearm that wasn't chambered, the firearm would have been useless except for maybe as a blunt force object.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aestus, post: 1961349, member: 2989"] The Glock and M&P's have a firing pin block. Unless the trigger is pulled, the steel block will prevent the pin from striking the primer. There's a Youtube video of a guy dragging a Glock with a round in the chamber on the ground tied to the back of his truck. Drives for a few miles through dirt, gravel, asphault, ect. Inspects the weapon and sure enough the round did not go off. Not only that, after a bit of cleanup, the gun still functioned like new. I would trust a striker fired weapon with a round in the chamber over a DA/SA type gun. However, just about all firearms come with firing pin blocks now, so it really doesn't matter. Also, with kids, it is my opinion that the need to be able to manipulate and fire the weapon with one hand is even higher. You may need to reach out to your kid with your off hand and pull him/her back behind you while drawing and firing with the other. Also, any defensive firearms class, especially force on force type classes, will show you just how critical it is to be able to draw and fire with just one hand while the other is used to strike, push or block an opponent. People who don't carry one in the chamber assume that they will always be able to see the threat 20 feet away. This is not always true and most likely, the threat will be in arms length of you by the time you realize what's happening and begin to react. You're not going to be able to draw and manipulate a firearm, EDC knife, or any other object with both hands when your off-hand is busy fending off an attacker or holding the knife hand of an attacker, or holding back a loved one. I know this from personal experience being attacked with a knife while in the driver seat of my car a year ago and having to draw my EDC blade with my right hand, while my left hand was used to block and hold the attackers knife hand. That single experience has changed the way I view how I carry and always carry one in the chamber now. I think back to that same event and if I had a firearm that wasn't chambered, the firearm would have been useless except for maybe as a blunt force object. [/QUOTE]
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