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Mark, your buddy wasn't an idiot for carrying in a theater. He was an idiot for carrying it in a jacket pocket without a holster.
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Most of us who knew this guy and knew much about handguns thought the same thing. It is my understanding the Glock went off while inside his jacket pocket when he picked up the jacket. The incident is not a fabrication, it did occur.
This thread has lasted a long time and I have learned some things reading the posts. I hope I have not offended anyone. The "afraid to leave home without a piece?" was a little strong. Sorry about that.
I don't carry mostly because I don't want to be in the situation where I might shoot someone, or the responsibility of keeping the weapon secure. This might change if I experience something like some others have described in this thread. I served in VN '69-70 and since that time I have not really found myself in a life-threatening situation, unless you include snakes in the Alabama swamp while shooting Nutria.
The one place I lived where I might have wanted to carry was Washington DC.
