It is so hard to chamber all the time. It just depends on the circumstance. I use a Glock 9mm . Once you chamber—You have no safety. ( just don’t pull the trigger)I agonize at the proper decision because in that situation I want to kill that bastard.I guess I will chamber from now on.
Just make sure you have a proper holster. If you can’t be comfortable with it, get a revolver or maybe a Springfield XD.
The IDF carry on an empty chamber. Watch their manual of arms with their Glocks and they are smooth and fast. I practice that way and often carry a j frame.
Sig’s SA/DA P-226 is my way.
Then why did you buy a Glock? You had other opportunities and made the wrong decision.
I carry a Glock 90% of the time and I always have one in the chamber and I have never shot myself. Admittedly, when I first started carrying a Glock in that way, I was pretty nervous. Now, meh, it’s nothing. You just have to make sure that you have a holster that covers the trigger completely and you don’t put your finger on the trigger until you’re ready to start shooting. There’s a youtube video of a guy dropping a Glock 21 out of an airplane at 500 feet with a primed case in the chamber and it didn’t fire when it hit the ground. it still functioned flawlessly after that drop incidentally.
Same with my KAHR so I prefer non chamber