[dakota.potts]

When I carry my gun (not many chances I get to do that), it's in a quality holster in Condition... 0? It's got a full 16 + 1 magazine on the half-cock notch and there's no manual safety on the gun.

I want a gun that's going to go off when I pick it up and a gun that I will expect to go off when I pull the trigger. No "it won't go off because the safety is on" or "It won't go off because my chamber is empty".

I know the gun's loaded and ready to shoot at all times and I treat all guns that way.

You definitely are hyper aware of it carrying that way. The first couple times I did it were very scary, but it's mostly a mental thing.

When it rides in the car with me it goes the same way. In Florida, a gun in your car has to be "securely encased" in a closed container, and since it won't fit in the glove box or center console, it has to be in its hard case. It takes me long enough to open that up that I don't want to also have to chamber it if I need it.

But it's your gun and your choice.