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The only real value I see to carrying chamber-empty is for a new gun owner to gain confidence in his or her gun handling, holster, etc. This should be a fairly short part of a learning curve, but it is not unreasonable and we should probably respect the fact that those people are being safety conscious.
As a permanent decision, though, such a habit produces a needless delay in bringing a sidearm into action.
I have to join a couple of the earlier posts in expressing some concerns about carrying a Glock without a holster, though. The clip is better than Mexican carry, in that it will keep the pistol from sliding down your pants leg a la Plaxico Burress, but it is still conceivable that a wrinkle of clothing or something in a pocket could get inside the trigger guard. My personal standard is to always have the trigger covered in some manner.
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