Stong Hand, empty or not

[SideShow Bob]

Back when I was into competition shooting, one of the training stages that would rotate through the competitions was to be standing at the shooting line with both hands holding 2 filled grocery sacks (when paper sacks were still used)
At the buzzer, do with the sacks as you pleased, draw and engage 3 BG targets. 1 at 1 yards, 1 at 5 yards one at 7 yards with 2 shots each.
You couldn't imagine the number of contestants that tried to one hand both sacks with their weak hand then draw. They didn't want to waste the groceries by dropping them.

[Scanker19]

I always do this- plus force of habit since in the Army you had to keep your right hand open (if possible) for saluting.

You can tell the officers that don't want to salute every joe on post, because they'll move something to their right hand. It's like "I got ya sir, tracking".

[Ronin13]

You can tell the officers that don't want to salute every joe on post, because they'll move something to their right hand. It's like "I got ya sir, tracking".

Yep.

I hated walking the main drag at Bagram, you have to salute EVERY O you walked by- even foreign officers (how are we supposed to know?). You could tell some were so fed up with it that they just kinda did a piddly little wave where their hand barely touched their hat/face. We always took alternate routes.

[YammyMonkey]

It's pretty common to look at this through a gun-centric lens, but the real issue we have to consider is not do I keep my gun hand free, but rather, what is the problem I'm most likely to face. A typical criminal assault it is not going to happen at distance. The assaulter isn't going to stand at 10 yards and demand you unhand your wallet.

So you have your groceries in your support hand and some mope starts in about needing the time...next thing you know he's closed the distance and you have his pistol suck in your gut while he whispers a sweet something in your ear about giving up your wallet. Having your gun hand freer isn't going to do you any good because the gun is not an appropriate response. In the majority of scenarios, which hand is free is inconsequential.

If the gun is the answer, which hand do you use to clear your cover garment? Think about the process & set your priorities appropriately. Don't just rely on old regurgitated sayings.