Not uncommon for the guards from the various kibbutz and moshavs to carry long guns rather than handguns. The chamber empty method is mostly reserved for IDF and some police units depending on their mission. Not uncommon for soldiers in civvies "off duty" to have mags out of their rifles-though not always the case.

Not uncommon to see them hitch hiking from posts to home and back.

I know a retired IDF captain and Shin Bet officer that assures me the security service guys all carry chambered (mostly Glock 19s now). He has a permit and carries his pistol (Browning Hi-Power) cocked and locked when out and about. I'll ask if civilians are required to carry chamber empty. He's also said whenever they went out on missions long guns and pistols were carried with rounds chambered.