Even when I was a deputy sheriff, I never carried a backup gun. In uniform, I carried a Model 19; out of uniform, a Model 60, 3". i was/am pretty good with both, and could reload pretty fast with a speed loader. I never considered the extra trouble of carrying a BUG worth the trouble, and never had any problems with either gun. (I will note that I never was in a gun fight; I admit that I might feel different if I had been.)
On one of the sites, I once read a post from some guy who carried at all times two big Glocks, two little Glocks (he didn't give the model numbers), four spare loaded magazines for each size, a Bowie knife, a blackjack, and nunchuks. I don't think I could have moved with all that weight on me, let alone been able to engage in a gunfight. I don't know what he did in the shower or other places, but I didn't choose to follow that idea.
I may be wrong, but I can't help but feel that at least some of the posters are, shall we say, a bit short on experience, in part because self-defense shootings and gun fights (even by police) are pretty darned rare. I doubt that as many folks have actually engaged in gunfights as they might lead us to believe and are simply repeating what they have read, usually written by folks who also have never been in a real gunfight, either. As noted above, I was never in any gunfight, but I have been close enough and much prefer not to get any closer, no matter what gun I have or how many.
Jim
On one of the sites, I once read a post from some guy who carried at all times two big Glocks, two little Glocks (he didn't give the model numbers), four spare loaded magazines for each size, a Bowie knife, a blackjack, and nunchuks. I don't think I could have moved with all that weight on me, let alone been able to engage in a gunfight. I don't know what he did in the shower or other places, but I didn't choose to follow that idea.
I may be wrong, but I can't help but feel that at least some of the posters are, shall we say, a bit short on experience, in part because self-defense shootings and gun fights (even by police) are pretty darned rare. I doubt that as many folks have actually engaged in gunfights as they might lead us to believe and are simply repeating what they have read, usually written by folks who also have never been in a real gunfight, either. As noted above, I was never in any gunfight, but I have been close enough and much prefer not to get any closer, no matter what gun I have or how many.
Jim