[Adam Helmer]

gregarat,

You make an excellent point about folks carrying autos with an empty chamber. I know of an off duty cop who loved to carry a .45 auto with the chamber empty. One Friday morning, payday, he was in a small branch bank when two bank robbers appeared with weapons drawn. The cop cycled the slide on his .45, one of the robbers dropped his gun, the other fired a round into the area near the cop and both robbers fled the bank.

The moral of the story is cranking the slide is noisy and can get you shot while getting the auto into firing condition.

Adam