I know you are the expert on this topic. But this universal display of trigger happy folks scares the hell out of me. Everyone wants to be a Dick Cheney.
We all know them and have interacted with them, and we whisper only to ourselves because we don’t want to discourage ownership, but some folks should never carry a firearm let alone chambered all the time. Their practices and habits are going to kill someone someday.
Unintentional discharge is a very real thing... And it happens because of being cocked, locked, loaded, and trigger happy. These kind of foolish accidents do not help the argument in favor of gun rights at all.
I wonder how many humans have been injured because someone was too quick to think they were a bear?
I have searched for such incidents. I have not found any so far.
However, mistaken identity shootings while hunting (Shooter thought the human was a game animal) are one of the most common firearms accidents while hunting.
It has little to do with having a chamber loaded or not, as the hunter thought the human was a game animal.
And, of course, arguing for argument sake is a great defense against a bear attack.
You’ll be well-armed.