That is not unusual at all. A magazine only holds a limited number of rounds and one in the chamber plus a full mag would be typical and prudent for most auto pistol owners. Means the weapon is ready to fire immediately once the safety is released. No need to cycle a round into the chamber before it will fire. If GZ had not been prudent he may have been found dead on the sidewalk with his brains splattered all over.
Absolutely false. Full mag +1 (in the chamber) is not unusual at all. Probably 75% or more of the people I know that carry semi-automatic pistols carry in this condition. It is a common practice, and very easy to achieve, requiring no "unusual lengths" to get to that condition.
Only an idiot would carry a PF-9 any other way. The magazine only holds 7 rounds. It is not a double stack. The gun Zimmerman carried is the same as my carry gun, the smallest 9mm made. It is less than one inch thick. It can only be so thin because the magazine is neither a double stack nor alternate stack, the bullets are stacked one directly on top of the other in a straight line. The unfortunate trade off to have a small gun is to have a small amount of ammo in it. I always carry 8, any police officer carries chambered, often without the safety engaged, I have a son that is a cop, in Florida no less.
Zimmerman, from the evidence should walk but many women act from emotion rather than logic. They will feel sorry for the mother. The only thing I can hope for is that she says something about how wonderful her son was, anything to open the door to his past behavior.
I still believe that George Zimmerman was and is a hero. He saved his community and the world for that matter from the life long escapades of this common hood. Trayvon Martin was a thief, a Polar Bear Hunter, a racist and an addict. His dirt nap is well deserved. I can hardly wait until the next time I am in Florida and can visit the grave of Trayvon Martin and urinate on it.
“..how Zimmerman had to go to some unusual lengths to get that magazine full of bullets and also have one in the chamber.”
1) fill the magazine
2) drink some Gaterade
3) insert the magazine into the pistol
4) rack the slide to chamber a round
5) take the magazine out of the pistol
6) whew - where’s that Gaterade?
7) Now the hard part - putting another round in the mag.
8) Put the magazine back in the pistol.
Of course I left out all of the steps of finding rag and stuff to clean up the gun. And where did I put that box of shells. And then going through the drawers when you are a couple rounds short and don’t want to open a fresh box. And finding some .22’s that you forgot you had, that made you get out the .22 - but that needed cleaning.
Thank the Lord I don’t have to load my pistol every morning!
Name the law where a chambered bullet is illegal. Bzzt, there ain’t none.