Why are people more cautious carrying a chambered bodyguard 2.0?

Pocket carry

If I want to carry a gun in my pocket, it is always a revolver. I'm 83 years old and have been carrying concealed handguns for 60 years. I have two striker fired pistols, and not too impressed with either one of them.
 
Pet peeve of mine. Acronyms.

Use to be considered standard writing practices to define an acronym at first use. No longer seems to be common practice in casual or professional writing.

Annoys me more than misspelling or improper word use. I those cases, one at least usually knows what they intended.

Acronyms are an entirely different matter with considerable variation in meaning or interpretation.
 
I see a lot of people recommend getting the bodyguard 2.0 ts over the nts. Some say the trigger is too light for comfort to carry a round in the chamber with a nts. Or that a ts is safer for pocket carry. I feel like the trigger on my bodyguard 2.0 nts is similar to other strikers, but I don’t know about the pocket carry caution.

I’m planning to pocket carry for the first time using a Alabama kydex pocket holster and a Talon leather wallet holster. Can I trust my bodyguard 2.0 to be just as safe as my Glock 19 when it is properly holstered? Or am I missing something? Thank you.
I carried a Ruger LCP II with no worries until the pocket on one pair of pants fought me on a practice draw. I apparently got something (finger, pocket seam?) in the the trigger guard and the gun fired on the way out. Luckily, only resulted in a hole in the pants. Sold the gun and now happily carry an original BG. Feel safer with DA only. Still hit tin cans at 10 feet. Can't hit the broad side of a barn beyond that, but who cares - didn't buy it for that.
 
Ugh. 1) if for some reason, one is not comfortable with carrying any firearm with a chambered round, SELL IT. There is no excuse for carrying a quality firearm with an empty chamber. Remember that when the Israeli folks started that, it because they had a lot of old donated pistols of iffy quality and that mode was a necessary response.

2) Pocket carry is a good option for some; most of my carry time has been with pocket carry. Education and training will show that is a safe choice. It does require a dedicated pocket AND a quality pocket holster.
 
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