I agree with the idea that sometimes we come (or, in fact we are) critical of others’ choices on these matters. That isn’t my intent, I tend to default to the same basic thought each time— regardless of how critical I might be about another’s methods, I am very happy that they have chosen to go armed and I hope they are a registered, active voter also.

For those of us carrying a semiautomatic pistol, please consider that having a second magazine is a very fast and effective way to move past most failures. So even if it isn’t about how much ammo you have, it very well could be about making your pistol quickly run again when there isn’t time to do a deep-dive on whatever the problem might be.