As many gun porn and self defense threads as I have been on over the years, I can't say I've come across anyone advocating carrying a semiauto with an empty chamber but will keep an eye out for it in the future.
That having been said, I don't see where the article says he had a semi auto. He may have been carrying a revolver and placed an empty chamber in the wrong position. He pulled the trigger, the gun didn't go off and it took him a couple seconds to realize his mistake.
The article did say he was eventually able to fire a few shots.
If it was a revolver he would have simply pulled the trigger again (which he did, apparently) to get to the next loaded cylinder (which he apparently didn’t).
I refer you to post #14 for your viewing pleasure of said person advocating said position.
Well Geee.... guess that makes new regs for police .. the polieceman lived because of not having one in the chamber .. therefore ...police should never have a round in the chamber. Well damn .. that is just simple logic. (Sarcasm) why carry at all.
I’ve carried 1911’s Conditon 1, locked cocked and ready to rock for years. A round NOT in hole is a round that will never get fired. Accidents don’t happen, they are caused.
Why do I carry Semiauto? Because I can have 45 stopping power in a compact easy to carry package. A 38 in a revolver is easy to carry, but the stopping power is nowhere near a 45.
I keep a gun under my bed. It's a Walther P99, and does not have a safety. I am afraid I will somehow kick it in the middle of the night as I come and go from the bathroom, and we have cats/kittens that get into everything. Thus, I leave the mag un-engaged (it will fall out if you pick it up) and no round in the chamber. I always assumed that the night I needed it I'd just engage the mag and rack it. Simple, huh?
The night I had to utilize it (Our front door went BOOM as if someone had kicked it in) I went through that process as I began to clear my house room by room, and lemme tell ya, it was the loudest noise on the planet. Any crack head would have known my location, it was so loud.
Anyway, the door blew open from the wind, because I neglected to lock it that night. There was no home invader, just me, in my underwear, full of adrenaline at 11 at night.
And yes, I was raised in an anti-gun household. I'm still kinda fearful of my gun, and afraid of inadvertantly shooting my neighbor through the walls. I'm working on that.
If one assumes that Navarre is speaking correctly, we have it from him that it was a revolver.