I'm just calling out your comment that a person might as well not CC if they don't have one in the chamber. Simply flashing or reaching can save your ass (I've witnessed this first hand). Even bad shit happens when carrying chambered. Did you see the rapper during an interview reach into his pocket to shift the gun around and shot himself in the studio? There are simply too many scenarios. You will not perform perfectly in any of them. I don't CC chambered. However, I probably would/will if/when there is a societal breakdown and would then start CC'ing with a hammerless revolver.
The danger of carrying empy is much bigger than the danger of blowing off one's balls (which does not exist if one is not being rapper-stupid) . As for "flashing" empty gun - that's the surest way to get a bullet between one's eyes or be cut to pieces. The situation where it's not the case us another "luxury scenario" where the gun probably wasn't needed at all.
Carry in a good holster (not some floppy shit which creases and gets into the trigger guard), carry in a position where you don't flag your privates or major arteries (meaning no appendix carry) and carry someting with long-ish trigger pull (DA/SA, DAO, etc). And if intent on mentioning guns to jumpy cops on the side of the road - keep the piece off your body while in the car. Or skip informing altogether. They don't have a PC to search you even if they know you have the license.
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