A Scenario for Consideration:
You carry, concealed or not, and you go about your day almost forgetting the you are carrying. Your guard is down, and without warning some event renders you unconscious or otherwise temporarily disables you physically or mentally, or someone simply pick-pockets your sidearm.
What means do you have to prevent someone from using your firearm, in those situations?
If you had the internal lock engaged it would take some time for the assailant to find the key and unlock the firearm, giving you time to regain consciousness and possibly remove yourself from the situation or take control if the aggressor is not as capable physically.
Whenever you carry, all confrontations are armed confrontations, even if the assailant is not armed. Why would we want to arm the assailant with a functioning firearm?
The value of carrying is as follows (my observations of course, please share yours):
... You don't have to try to buy a gun the moment someone is attacking you.
... You don't have to run back to your car to get your gun.
... You don't have to unpack your backpack or other bag to find your gun.
... You know where it is and can unlock it at any time when you are ready to put it in your hand to prepare to use it.
... You are not likely to win a quick-draw in any confrontation in which an assailant already has a firearm (or other weapon) pointed at you, and is within 10 feet. (Of course, their gun might not be loaded, might not be real, they could miss, could jam, ... etc. So, please note that I'm trying to be realistic.)
... If you realize that you will be entering an environment that may be risky to pass-through, and you have no reasonable option to avoid the environment, you can quickly unlock your firearm and place it in your hand in an appropriately concealed manner, then proceed through the risky environment with the best probability of protecting yourself. After passing through the risky environment, you can re-lock the gun.
An internal lock (a properly functioning internal lock) is not noticeable, adds essentially no weight to the firearm, is much less expensive than most other locking options, and does not reduce the value of producing a firearm in confrontation with an unarmed assailant. The mere showing of a gun in your hand will make the assailant think twice, and because there is no outward sign of the gun being locked, they will not know!
You are smart, you've made preparations to protect yourself.
Please consider the value of a properly functioning internal lock as additional protection for you and your family.
Recall that it typically takes many years for the general population to understand the value of methods and technology that the wisest among us have created for our benefit. I might not be one of those wisest, but I like to think that I recognize a good idea when I think through realistic scenarios. I think that you can choose to align, when you become aware of a good idea, even if your neighbor does not understand it.
You carry, concealed or not, and you go about your day almost forgetting the you are carrying. Your guard is down, and without warning some event renders you unconscious or otherwise temporarily disables you physically or mentally, or someone simply pick-pockets your sidearm.
What means do you have to prevent someone from using your firearm, in those situations?
If you had the internal lock engaged it would take some time for the assailant to find the key and unlock the firearm, giving you time to regain consciousness and possibly remove yourself from the situation or take control if the aggressor is not as capable physically.
Whenever you carry, all confrontations are armed confrontations, even if the assailant is not armed. Why would we want to arm the assailant with a functioning firearm?
The value of carrying is as follows (my observations of course, please share yours):
... You don't have to try to buy a gun the moment someone is attacking you.
... You don't have to run back to your car to get your gun.
... You don't have to unpack your backpack or other bag to find your gun.
... You know where it is and can unlock it at any time when you are ready to put it in your hand to prepare to use it.
... You are not likely to win a quick-draw in any confrontation in which an assailant already has a firearm (or other weapon) pointed at you, and is within 10 feet. (Of course, their gun might not be loaded, might not be real, they could miss, could jam, ... etc. So, please note that I'm trying to be realistic.)
... If you realize that you will be entering an environment that may be risky to pass-through, and you have no reasonable option to avoid the environment, you can quickly unlock your firearm and place it in your hand in an appropriately concealed manner, then proceed through the risky environment with the best probability of protecting yourself. After passing through the risky environment, you can re-lock the gun.
An internal lock (a properly functioning internal lock) is not noticeable, adds essentially no weight to the firearm, is much less expensive than most other locking options, and does not reduce the value of producing a firearm in confrontation with an unarmed assailant. The mere showing of a gun in your hand will make the assailant think twice, and because there is no outward sign of the gun being locked, they will not know!
You are smart, you've made preparations to protect yourself.
Please consider the value of a properly functioning internal lock as additional protection for you and your family.
Recall that it typically takes many years for the general population to understand the value of methods and technology that the wisest among us have created for our benefit. I might not be one of those wisest, but I like to think that I recognize a good idea when I think through realistic scenarios. I think that you can choose to align, when you become aware of a good idea, even if your neighbor does not understand it.
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