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Suppose you leave the pistol behind, and retreat to the rifle. One of your attackers has a 1911 that has malfunctioned. He advances to your abandoned pistol, loads it with his magazine, and attacks you from your flank with your own pistol while you're engaging the rest of the gang around the left side of the barricade. Yes, VERY unlikely. But if you take the pistol with you, it's impossible.
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I'm not going to worry about my attacker having the presence of mind to pull that, even if we were using the same type of firearm. Heck, chances are I'll be moving from where I drop the pistol regardless of where my rifle is so by your logic should I also field strip it as I drop it so that the attacker has to go through even more trouble to shoot me with my own gun?
I am much more comfortable in a hand to hand situation having both of my hands free or having a knife in one than having an empty pistol occupying one of them.