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Originally Posted by Manta49
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People shooting themselves on YouTube aren't "carrying" the guns. Carrying a gun, in this context, is holstered and untouched, the way every gun should be carried.
It is literally impossible to shoot yourself with a holstered handgun.
People shoot themselves accidentally when they're
playing with guns.
A responsible person, carrying a gun, touches it for purposes of holstering in the morning, unholstering at night and when someone forces them to use it.
In between those times, the gun could not be any safer than it is, secure in a holster that covers it's trigger and makes it impossible to discharge, unless someone changes the laws of physics.
Plenty of arguments can be made on how a careless or irresponsible person might
play with their gun in between those times and manage to shoot themselves but those people shouldn't be carrying anyway.
I'm afraid far too many people would use the "I don't carry loaded so it's safe..." excuse to do very dangerous things, making "unloaded" carry more dangerous than loaded carry ever would be.