[BereanBrain]

Every weapon *should* be treated as loaded.

However, how can a loaded chamber indicator be a bad thing?

I never consider a gun “safe”.

So from the logic of every gun is loaded, why do you need a safety?

Hey, if you want such a weapon fine, but I got taught old school from hunting.
We never walked through the woods with safety off.
We practiced when we saw our target to safety off, then fire, in one motion.
We shook our heads when other people were shout accidentially because idiots were crossing fences or whatnot and accidentily discharged a firearm.

This is life/death. You need a fail-safe. That is (1) Actions/Behavior (2) Hardware

Actions/behavior are not enough...people are prone to make mistakes. Then bad things happen.

This is why I advocate

0) A gun is always loaded, even when it’s not. Don’t point it at things you don’t want to shoot. Don’t dry snap. It’s not a toy. it’s a deadly weapon.
1) Have a REAL safety, and it’s always on unless you are about to shoot
2) Practice at the range disengaging the safety, firing (x number of rounds) and then resafey.
3) If you carry concealed, practice drawing from carry, turning safety off, shooting, safety on, and returning to cover. (the last is least important)
4) You need to practice AT LEAST once a month, for at least an hour. get to where “muscle memory” is working with your safety/shooting action

[Pollster1]

I shoot daily, at least a half hour. At least for how I use weapons, a safety is not needed. When hunting, I do not have a round in the chamber. We approach this differently achieve the same results in terms of safety - neither of us will shoot ourselves or another person by accident if we trip while carrying.

[Ramius]

So from the logic of every gun is loaded, why do you need a safety?

I never use the safety. I don't carry single-action autos with a round in the chamber, nor do I have a round in the chamber of my rifle while I'm moving through the woods. It only takes microseconds to chamber a round and I can do it while the gun is coming up to my eye. I just don't think it sacrifices enough time to make the risk of cocked-and-locked worth it. I do carry my double-action Sig P220 with a round in the chamber and the hammer down. There is no safety, so it is in those respects very much like carrying a revolver.