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While I somewhat agree about the warning shot, I absolutely don't about the brandishing. Visual demonstration that you have a gun will always be many times more effective then just saying it. Requiring that you keep it holstered until the last moment is dumb. Not only are you loosing out on the deterrent but having to draw and load the gun under pressure is far more likely to lead to an accident. Or you carry the gun loaded which again increases the chance of an accident.
If you carry, you should be carrying with a round in the chamber (I assume this is what you mean by loaded). If you're not comfortable carrying with a round in the chamber, you should not be carrying a pistol.
Like, you read that in a horoscope?
Says every reputable CCW instructor. If you do not carry with one in the chamber, you either do not trust your equipment (in which case you should get better equipment) or do not trust yourself (in which case you should not be carrying).
By this logic, I should either drive without a seatbelt or not drive at all... What is this brain dead logic... 😖
You're basically taking the position that you should drive without a seatbelt. Either you always drive with your seatbelt (i.e. get a proper kydex holster, practice your draw, be familiar with your equipment and setup) or you shouldn't get in a car. You should never draw your gun simply to brandish - if you draw, you should be drawing with the intent to fire because your life is in imminent danger. Taking an extra few seconds in a literal life or death situation to rack your slide, when 1) you might not have the use of both hands, 2) your hands might slip due to adrenaline, or 3) you might fuck up the slide rack and induce a malfunction - i'm sure there are other situations too. These are all things you do NOT want to have happen if you are drawing your gun to save your life. And if you have the time to leisurely draw, rack, and brandish, a zealous prosecutor could easily argue that you weren't afraid for your life and/or you could have used that time to get further away from your attacker.
Again, brandishing is not an issue where I live.
If anything, I would prefer the attacker see me rack the pistol just for the psychological effect, hopefully avoiding having to fire.
More importantly, I live in a peaceful country. The chances I get hit by a car or suffer a heart attack are greater then that I will need to defend myself with a weapon. So if a paramedic needs to handle the gun when I am incapacitated, I would prefer there was not a round in the chamber rather than fearing the tiny chance I will mess up the rack in the tiny chance I will need the gun at all. (btw, I currently don't everyday carry at all. The neighbourhood I live and work in is so safe I don't see the point.)
Of course, if I had to go to Afganistan or Detroit, I would definitely want a round in the chamber. 😁
That falls under trusting your equipment. This train of reasoning is more along the lines of you never drive with your seatbelt because you don't trust it to save you, and in fact think it'll make it worse.