JR24
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Thanks for validating my opinion of you.
I have never attended a class in which the instructor even mentioned press checks. Let alone suggested that we do them.
Again, I see it as nothing more than needless administrative handling, similar to those stupid scenes in movies when the cop drops his magazine to make sure that there are rounds in it. Has your gun not been with you all day?
I don't know any cops who do it. I don't know any SF guys that do it. I've never seen a thug do it but I bet it looks wicked cool in the movies.
I've never seen a gun magically unload itself but hey, you do you
Fairly certain the poster you are responding to is an LEO, so there's one. All the police and ex mil I know verify a guns status when they pick one up, every time.
There does seem to be some differing between verifying a gun that's just entered your possession and press checking immediately after loading. I don't tend to John Wick press check after each reload, but I sure do each time I pick up a gun that's been out of my possession.
And you know what? I've found guns that should be unloaded to have a round chambered, and guns that should be loaded with nothing in the pipe in the past on a few occasions, and not just with my guns. Stuff happens, folks forget steps, so it's always a good idea to make sure for yourself in that moment.
At least that's my philosophy, and how I was taught.