How do you CCW? (Poll)

[Irving]

I often have to carry my sleeping daughter in from the car, good luck trying to convince me to throw her to the ground so I can rack the slide.

Sometimes I'm bringing groceries in from the car (in my left hand). Good luck trying to convince me to let food out of my possession either. I'm like a hungry dog.

[Troublco]

I have always figured that if you need it, you need it really bad and right now. So it doesn't make any sense to me not to have one chambered. My carry gun is a SIG P225, so there's no safety anyhow. I just carry it decocked so I can DA the first.

[cowboykjohnson]

you just tell the BG to hold on a minute (very nice like) so you can rack the slide to shoot him in the face!

[Irving]

So I was at a crowded restaurant tonight (Cizzinni's or whatever it's called), and I sat back down in my chair and felt that my shirt wasn't falling correctly. Well turns out my the back of my shirt had gotten caught on the highest point on the back of the chair. My shirt was pulled up to my shoulder blade and my full size CZ was exposed to the family of four sitting about 3 feet behind me. They were too engaged in their conversation to notice. There was another family of four next to them as well. No one noticed. It had me pretty freaked out though because I've been very good at making sure my clothes are falling correctly to keep stuff mostly concealed. Just thought I'd share.

[Sled_Dog]

I have always figured that if you need it, you need it really bad and right now. So it doesn't make any sense to me not to have one chambered. My carry gun is a SIG P225, so there's no safety anyhow. I just carry it decocked so I can DA the first.

This, with a Sig P228...

[Byte Stryke]

laying around the house, un-chambered, safety off

my Toddler cant pull the slide if he gets a hold of it.
out and about... locked loaded ready to roll

[OgenRwot]

I've got a Glock 19 that's my daily carry. Occasionally I carry my wife's 26. There is no way in hell I'm carrying a firearm that's not hot, you never know if you're going to have two hands to rack the slide. I want to be able to draw and fire if need be. Obviously there is no safety and I'm fully confident that the gun will not fire on it's own. Been doing it this way for years and I've never had a ND or an AD for that matter. If I hand a 1911 it would be chambered, hammer back and safety on.

[DOC]

I carry mine with fresh powder with the matchlock burning in the half cock position.
Here's my safety.

[solomon751]

Sig 229 in a IWB Kydex Fist holster - one in the chamber, full mag - no safety on the 229 so it isn't a problem. I carry mine everywhere. Muscle memory - I learned in Iraq that when the chips are down, fine motor skills are out the window, why I am such a fan of the DAO. I want the least amount of motion(s) necessary to place a round on target.

I have been carrying like this since I was granted my CCW. Not a super big fan of the 1 o'clock carry but I can't stand the idea of having the weapon on at the 6 o'clock as it seems a bit easier for someone to try and snatch if you print. My .02

[Irving]

Great timing. I was just going to search for this thread and ask if the original poster ever changed his mind about carrying chambered. Did you?