I have to agree with you on the carry in hand and bare pocket carry. I have carried small BUG in pocket holsters as my 2nd gun while in LE, but it has limitations as your primary gun. It would be too easy to have one of the neighborhood kids roll up on bike and surprise you one morning and accidentally pop off a round. I tell students the gun fight will happen when you spend the previous night playing cards with the guys until 0300, then you have to be at work at 0600, no sleep, hung over and not paying attention to your daily routine. Now add a gun in hand to that and a recipe for a disaster.
I agree if you are going to carry, find a great holster,dry practice with it wearing your coat, vest or shirt covering the gun. You should be able to get two shots off (center of target hits) from 5 yards in 1.5 seconds with practice. If you can pick up one of the Frontsight certificates for the 4-day defensive handgun course - do it, might save your life.
Of course the key to all of this is "situational awareness", blow that part and it won't matter how fast you can draw.  | 
10-08-2009, 10:24 PM
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