[FireForged]

I have carried a browning hipower for decades. The safety comes off upon presentation. The only reason I would be presenting a firearm would be a circumstance where I expect to use it in the next moment.

Would I cock a revolver if I felt that its use was assured in the next few breaths?..Sure. Perhaps not as a rule but depending on the circumstances

That said, I am not going to walk around with a cocked revolver or cock a revolver simply because I anticipate the mere possibility of its use.

Plenty of people have adopted the "on target-on trigger/ off target- off trigger" philosophy and others worship the "finger outside the trigger guard until its go time". Each person has to decide for themselves what they are willing to do in their own unique set of circumstances.