Driving impaired is a criminal offense. Refuse all you want. If they have probable cause, you can refuse everything, they are going to arrest you and take your blood anyway. There is no clever way to get yourself out of a DUI.
Again, depends on your local STATE laws.
What you state is NOT the case in every state....
Just like every state does not require auto inspections, they all work differently with regards to just about all driving laws and regulations.
Hell, the only reason it is now 21 in all states to drink...wasn't a federal law, but due to the Feds threatening to withhold highway funds, otherwise many states would still have legal drinking age of 18, and non-standard speed limits, etc.
It is the same way with regards to impaired driving...it is up to the state, there are no federal standards for this.
You don't just get to delay until you're sober - they have a formula for determining your BAC at the time of your arrest, even if you take the blood test hours later.
ANYTHING you can do to help your case, you should do......a lower number after time, you're lawyer can explain/argue much better than a higher number immediately after arriving at the station.
Formula or not, a good atty can argue more on your behalf the more you give them a chance.
I don't think that is stupidly low at all. I've seen people get visibly impaired on a couple of glasses of wine. Not drunk-drunk, but to a point where it obviously would impair them to a degree. Most people won't be majorly impacted by 2 glasses of wine, but they have to set the levels that low to catch the sizable minority that are.
It shouldn't be the lowest common denominator, that opens up WAY too broad of a dragnet.
Until they can measure individual levels of true impairment, these levels need to be more reasonable...the 0.1 levels that worked for decades should be re-instated.
I'm not much one for onerous regulation, but I do believe in openness even if somewhat mandated/forced....
I mean, packaged foods have to tell you about their ingredients, fish have to be labeled with country of origin....I think that a computer call should be forced to ANNOUNCE that it is a non-Human call and the beginning of the "conversation", and that your answers will be recorded and analyzed.
FYI, if there's even a SHRED of doubt, always opt for the blood test. Especially considering things like mouth wash, or ketones can result in a false positive. As an added bonus, that extra time waiting for the blood draw means your BAC is decreasing.
Also, ask for an atty present for any fluid draws...this can also stretch the time.
You agree to let them be invasive when you accept your driver's license.
Not true, again, it depends on the laws of your state.
It has been awhile since I last reviewed mine, now that I think about it, but from my last look...and after talking to a local lawyer, here are some things if you happen to get pulled over.
First, do NOT take any field sobriety tests, especially the walking the lines, touching the nose, etc....especially if you think you might be close to the limit. All they are doing there, is collecting evidence against you on camera, that's it.
Don't help them out.
Refuse a field breath test.
Same reason as above, you're only helping them collect evidence against you.
If you think you are at all close to legal levels, while being polite, do not talk much. Answer few to no questions about where you were, what you've done and for certain do not tell them you have been drinking.
And face facts, if they DO think you are impaired, nothing you can say or do will keep them from taking you in. If this is your situation, you basically need to just put your hands out for the cuffs and quietly go for a ride, you are doing to do that regardless of any actions you may try, you cannot talk your way out of it, etc.
Again, do NOT help them gather evidence against you.
Last I looked, in my state, if this is your first offense, you can and SHOULD refuse all breath and blood tests. The only time they can force you to take a blood test, is if you were in an accident, and someone was hurt/killed, then you can be compelled.
Otherwise, if this is first offense you can refuse all tests, and you should.
Then, get a good lawyer, and if you've done your job of not helping them gather evidence against you, he/she will likely get you off at the most with a wreckless driving.
Of course, this sucks, but it is better than a DWI.
If a 2nd time happens, and well...you should have learned your lesson the first time....do the same and do not help them gather evidence against you...this time if you refuse the breath test, there are some consequences. They recently passed some new laws and I honestly have not studied them....but to the best of my knowledge, you can at least get a lawyer to talk them into a limited license to get to/from work and such.
Now....should be you driving and drinking in the first place?
Well, in this day in age...no. There is uber...it is cheap, plentiful and they can cart your drunk ass anywhere. These days, it just isn't worth it to risk getting caught.
But I mention it, because, well...shit happens. And with the BAC levels reduced to such stupidly LOW levels (0.08)....you can get very close to the legal limit as a grown man, having only 2-3 glasses of wine with a meal....and they can bust you, yet you may not even be close to impaired.
So, keep that in mind.
Again...this varies from state to state. If you drink, you should know way ahead of time, what the laws in YOUR state are, and if possible, talk to a lawyer to know what to do and not to do.
And really with ANY interaction with the police, the best thing you can do is NOT say anything....your right to keep silent is the best thing going for you, and remember the police, no matter what they say, are NOT there to help you, they are there to try to gather evidence to charge someone (possibly YOU) with a crime.
They take blood now, and refusal is an automatic conviction. The breath thing is just to let them know if they need to go to the trouble of calling a phlebotomist to the scene.
Depends on the the laws of your state, thankfully.
Sticking a needle into your skin by orders of the "state" is a bit invasive.
If someone breaks into my house, I am under the automatic assumption that they are there to do me or my family bodily harm.
Despite the fact that are most likely hoping to steal your TV or laptop and not hurt you or your family.
Yes of course....sorry, did I stutter the first time?
What do you expect me to do...stop and ask someone who has already committed the crime of breaking into my house...what their intentions are....how bad they plan to be?
What we (as in the rest of the world) don't understand is why are you so scared?
I don't have a gun, but I'm not scared that I can't defend myself because I have no reason to think I have anything to be afraid of?
Gun owners are afraid of the world, but the world doesn't understand why.
Even if I did not have a single of fear someone breaking in, I'd still be a gun owner.
I enjoy them a LOT.
I collect them, like other folks collect coins.
I take them out to the various ranges around, or to friend's places where they have land and we can freely shoot on the range he's built out there, etc.
For the most part, if I think of it, I don't think that I really "Need" a gun(s)....I want them.
Thankfully, in the US it is the Bill of Rights, not the Bill of Needs. I rarely buy something due to need, most of what I buy is because I damned well want and can afford it. Guns are just things like anything else I want.
But you ask why so scared. I wouldn't consider myself scared, but I do observer things that happen in today's world and some of it is troublesome.
Do they not have the concept of home invasions where you live?
They happen here, where 2-4 or so people just break down your door and rob, terrorize, sexually assault and sometimes kill the families that live there.
If that happens to my home, I"d like to be quickly waiting with my weapons, and protect myself and family.
The US isn't a horribly violent place to live in, I feel safe about 99% of the time, but it can and does happen and I'd like to have a fighting chance.
The police are NOT there to protect you from crime. In most US cities, you can order and get a pizza delivered faster than the cops will come on a 911 call.
SO, in case you have a crime happening to you, it is up to YOU to protect yourself.
It's better to have things and never need them, rather than to need them, and not have them.
Lastly, I have a question to you and other people commenting on this from outside the US.
Why in the world do you bother even noticing if we have guns over there and you don't? None of this directly affects your lives in any shape, form or fashion...so, why do you take so much interest in it and offer opinions as to how we manage our internal affairs over here?
The only think difficult to understand is why America has such a boner for guns, let me ask if you think the current cost in lives for your 'right' to have them a)too much b)too little or c)just right. How many innocent people need to die before you, as a society think, you know what, there might be a middle ground here?
Well, I'm guessing you're not from America, so I'd have to start the answer by, "If I have to explain it to you, you'd not understand."
As for lives lost, well, ONE life lost for most anything, that isn't justified (criminal acts) is too many.
If you take the gun death numbers in the US, and correct them.....say, remove suicides from that number, since well, that is a self induced act, a choice and if you're determined to kill yourself, then you'll find any method to do so.
The number here we're concerned with, is person to person shootings resulting in death. If you drop that number, you'll see the number of gun deaths is about the same as the number of deaths from automobile crashes.
You take that number, and look at I believe it is like 40% or so of those, are gang related deaths....criminals shooting criminals....if guns weren't here, they'd find other ways.
Heck, last I heard, that in London, the crime rate was rivaling New York City...and that they were now considering "sensible knife laws". So, I guess a criminal will find whatever they can use, as that they don't by definition care if it is legal or not.
The VAST majority of gun owners in the US, are law abiding citizens, whose weapons will never be used against another person, nor be used in an illegal manner.
Why then, should we cater to the lowest denominator, a few crazy folks and some criminals....and take away rights the vast majority of people have now?
I very much LOVE having my gun collection. I regularly go out target shooting. I go through quite a bit of ammo monthly. It makes me happy and I enjoy it.
And, unless I do something illegal with them, no one and no entity has need to know what I have.....no more so than they need to know what knives, or lawn mowers I've purchased. Guns like any other things, are merely tools.
Still bodily harm is far less than taking a human life. If there is no indication of possible harm of your life then you should be tried for going overboard of self-protection. (I don't know the exact legal term in english, but that situation carries a far smaller punishment that the full murder). On the other hand, if you use your gun to either scare them and run of, or just injure them, then it is ok.
You obviously don't know much about guns, shooting under pressure, etc.
You NEVER draw a weapon, unless you intend to use it, period.
When you shoot, it isn't like the Lone Ranger where you shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand, or try to just wing them, you shoot for center mass where you have the best chance, under duress, to hit the criminal to stop them, you shoot until they are stopped.
If someone breaks into my house, I am under the automatic assumption that they are there to do me or my family bodily harm.
I know it is a bit more controversial, but as I mentioned, if you have someone illegally on your property trying to steal from you, you are in many places justified to shoot them. I personally don't have a problem with that, but some do.
Again, if the assailant was not illegally in/on your property committing a crime, they'd be happily on their way and not suffering from gunshot wounds.
... as long as nothing changes lots and lots and lots of people are going to be shot.
It is insanely EASY....as long as no one attempts to break into my house/property and steal or do harm to myself of ones I care about, they they will NOT get shot.
If they choose to commit these crimes, then of course they deserve to and will be shot.
I don't see what's so difficult for you to understand.
Running to get a gun because a stranger is at the door?
Seriously?
You don't think a young teen, home alone, with a ragged looking man hanging out on their doorstep, not going away, would be a reason for you to be somewhat concerned or frightened????
Yes, I grabbed that gun, just to be ready in case this person, that was NOT from the neighborhood (we all knew each other) tried to force his way into the house and defend myself.
Wow....I guess you're more trusting than most folks I know, especially THESE days, of home invasions, etc.
If you're THAT paranoid about your person, either up you meds, move or just carry the damned gun with you.
Well, who says I don't carry when out in public? CC licenses are easy enough to get.
I don't allow a bunch of kids to run around my house unsupervised.
And a gun that is unloaded or unaccessible is pretty much about the most useless thing in the world.
I hope for your sake a criminal breaking into your house gives you plenty of notice to run to wherever your gun safe is, take out your guns, find the ammo and load them up.
I hope I NEVER ever ever have to draw and use one of my weapons against someone, but better to have them and not need them, than that one time you need them, but don't have them.
Everyones' situation is unique as are their families, and what works best for you, is what you need to plan for and live with.....
"Kids aren't stupid, they just have to be trained right."
Well, it worked for me.
We had a gun in the house, and I was a young child, I think I was likely in about 5th-6th grade when we got it.
My dad showed me how the pistol worked, and let me shoot it, etc.
They also put the fear of God into me if I ever so much as thought about touching it without supervision.
I was a latch key kid...both parents worked, I came home alone most school days and when I was about 13yrs, I would spend summer days home alone.
I was told where the guns was, and I knew it was loaded.
One day when home alone, it was raining. A strange man came up and stayed in our door way, He was asking for a drink of water, I refused behind the locked door. I was frightened....as per my parent's instructions, I was then ok'ed for me to get the gun.
I retrieved it, I chambered a round and held it, till the storm passed, and he finally left.
After I felt safe, I dropped the magazine, un-chambered the round, put the round back in magazine and put magazine back in gun, and replaced it where it was usually hidden.
After I did that,I called my Mom at work and told her what happened, etc.
I hope no burglar can find any of your weapons before you can.
I really hope your heavy rounds don't penetrate your walls should you miss.
I have no children living with me, but even if I did, I'd train them to know and respect and LEAVE weapons alone, like my parents did with me.
Kids aren't stupid, they just have to be trained right.
I have a LOT of guns. I have many of them staged within the house, I'm never far away from one, so, got that covered.
Most of the home defense rounds are hollow points and likely should not penetrate the walls. Shotguns are loaded with that in mind too, I"m not throwing slugs out with those in my home defense plans.
..also, are we really saying that the appropriate sentencing response to theft is death?
Depends on the state laws, etc....
A few years back, here in LA, there was a case where a guy came out on the balcony of his 2nd story apartment, and saw just below in the parking lot, 2 thieves in his car rummaging around stealing stuff.
He pulled out his gun and opened fire, killing one and wounding the other I believe, that ran off.
They actually tried to try him, but no jury would convict him.
I was actually surprised it went to trial at all, as that here in LA, the car is considered and extension of your home.
In TX, I believe you can freely open fire if you find someone on your property stealing stuff.
Frankly, I have no problem with that....if they'd not been committing the crime on property they didn't now own, they'd be happily alive and processing oxygen.
If I'm home and someone breaks in to my house, I assume 100%, that the person means bodily harm to myself, family/friends within and I won't even be checking the body till I'm loading my 3rd magazine generally.
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Again, depends on your local STATE laws.
What you state is NOT the case in every state....
Just like every state does not require auto inspections, they all work differently with regards to just about all driving laws and regulations.
Hell, the only reason it is now 21 in all states to drink...wasn't a federal law, but due to the Feds threatening to withhold highway funds, otherwise many states would still have legal drinking age of 18, and non-standard speed limits, etc.
It is the same way with regards to impaired driving...it is up to the state, there are no federal standards for this.
Again, it depends on the state you live in, not all states have laws that are so draconian.
ANYTHING you can do to help your case, you should do......a lower number after time, you're lawyer can explain/argue much better than a higher number immediately after arriving at the station.
Formula or not, a good atty can argue more on your behalf the more you give them a chance.
It shouldn't be the lowest common denominator, that opens up WAY too broad of a dragnet.
Until they can measure individual levels of true impairment, these levels need to be more reasonable...the 0.1 levels that worked for decades should be re-instated.
I mean, packaged foods have to tell you about their ingredients, fish have to be labeled with country of origin....I think that a computer call should be forced to ANNOUNCE that it is a non-Human call and the beginning of the "conversation", and that your answers will be recorded and analyzed.
Also, ask for an atty present for any fluid draws...this can also stretch the time.
Not true, again, it depends on the laws of your state.
It has been awhile since I last reviewed mine, now that I think about it, but from my last look...and after talking to a local lawyer, here are some things if you happen to get pulled over.
First, do NOT take any field sobriety tests, especially the walking the lines, touching the nose, etc....especially if you think you might be close to the limit. All they are doing there, is collecting evidence against you on camera, that's it.
Don't help them out.
Refuse a field breath test.
Same reason as above, you're only helping them collect evidence against you.
If you think you are at all close to legal levels, while being polite, do not talk much. Answer few to no questions about where you were, what you've done and for certain do not tell them you have been drinking.
And face facts, if they DO think you are impaired, nothing you can say or do will keep them from taking you in. If this is your situation, you basically need to just put your hands out for the cuffs and quietly go for a ride, you are doing to do that regardless of any actions you may try, you cannot talk your way out of it, etc.
Again, do NOT help them gather evidence against you.
Last I looked, in my state, if this is your first offense, you can and SHOULD refuse all breath and blood tests. The only time they can force you to take a blood test, is if you were in an accident, and someone was hurt/killed, then you can be compelled.
Otherwise, if this is first offense you can refuse all tests, and you should.
Then, get a good lawyer, and if you've done your job of not helping them gather evidence against you, he/she will likely get you off at the most with a wreckless driving.
Of course, this sucks, but it is better than a DWI.
If a 2nd time happens, and well...you should have learned your lesson the first time....do the same and do not help them gather evidence against you...this time if you refuse the breath test, there are some consequences. They recently passed some new laws and I honestly have not studied them....but to the best of my knowledge, you can at least get a lawyer to talk them into a limited license to get to/from work and such.
Now....should be you driving and drinking in the first place?
Well, in this day in age...no. There is uber...it is cheap, plentiful and they can cart your drunk ass anywhere. These days, it just isn't worth it to risk getting caught.
But I mention it, because, well...shit happens. And with the BAC levels reduced to such stupidly LOW levels (0.08)....you can get very close to the legal limit as a grown man, having only 2-3 glasses of wine with a meal....and they can bust you, yet you may not even be close to impaired.
So, keep that in mind.
Again...this varies from state to state. If you drink, you should know way ahead of time, what the laws in YOUR state are, and if possible, talk to a lawyer to know what to do and not to do.
And really with ANY interaction with the police, the best thing you can do is NOT say anything....your right to keep silent is the best thing going for you, and remember the police, no matter what they say, are NOT there to help you, they are there to try to gather evidence to charge someone (possibly YOU) with a crime.
Be polite, comply...but don't help them out.
The quality of life is directly proportional to how much money you can make, to pay for a higher quality of life.
Depends on the the laws of your state, thankfully.
Sticking a needle into your skin by orders of the "state" is a bit invasive.
I'm guessing they won't be welcome in any pubs there for a long time to come.....
I"m not really living in fear at all....quite the opposite.
Are you saying people own guns for no other reason than fear?
Yes of course....sorry, did I stutter the first time?
What do you expect me to do...stop and ask someone who has already committed the crime of breaking into my house...what their intentions are....how bad they plan to be?
Seriously?
I do not live anywhere close to what someone would consider "rural"...
And because I enjoy guns (I enjoy a LOT of other activities and collections too)...I'm a nut?
And not sure what scorn you are putting on term "independent"??
You think independence and not going along with group think all the time is a bad thing? The collective is better than the individual?
Even if I did not have a single of fear someone breaking in, I'd still be a gun owner.
I enjoy them a LOT.
I collect them, like other folks collect coins.
I take them out to the various ranges around, or to friend's places where they have land and we can freely shoot on the range he's built out there, etc.
For the most part, if I think of it, I don't think that I really "Need" a gun(s)....I want them.
Thankfully, in the US it is the Bill of Rights, not the Bill of Needs. I rarely buy something due to need, most of what I buy is because I damned well want and can afford it. Guns are just things like anything else I want.
But you ask why so scared. I wouldn't consider myself scared, but I do observer things that happen in today's world and some of it is troublesome.
Do they not have the concept of home invasions where you live?
They happen here, where 2-4 or so people just break down your door and rob, terrorize, sexually assault and sometimes kill the families that live there.
If that happens to my home, I"d like to be quickly waiting with my weapons, and protect myself and family.
The US isn't a horribly violent place to live in, I feel safe about 99% of the time, but it can and does happen and I'd like to have a fighting chance.
The police are NOT there to protect you from crime. In most US cities, you can order and get a pizza delivered faster than the cops will come on a 911 call.
SO, in case you have a crime happening to you, it is up to YOU to protect yourself.
It's better to have things and never need them, rather than to need them, and not have them.
Lastly, I have a question to you and other people commenting on this from outside the US.
Why in the world do you bother even noticing if we have guns over there and you don't? None of this directly affects your lives in any shape, form or fashion...so, why do you take so much interest in it and offer opinions as to how we manage our internal affairs over here?
Just curious.....
Well, I'm guessing you're not from America, so I'd have to start the answer by, "If I have to explain it to you, you'd not understand."
As for lives lost, well, ONE life lost for most anything, that isn't justified (criminal acts) is too many.
If you take the gun death numbers in the US, and correct them.....say, remove suicides from that number, since well, that is a self induced act, a choice and if you're determined to kill yourself, then you'll find any method to do so.
The number here we're concerned with, is person to person shootings resulting in death. If you drop that number, you'll see the number of gun deaths is about the same as the number of deaths from automobile crashes.
You take that number, and look at I believe it is like 40% or so of those, are gang related deaths....criminals shooting criminals....if guns weren't here, they'd find other ways.
Heck, last I heard, that in London, the crime rate was rivaling New York City...and that they were now considering "sensible knife laws". So, I guess a criminal will find whatever they can use, as that they don't by definition care if it is legal or not.
The VAST majority of gun owners in the US, are law abiding citizens, whose weapons will never be used against another person, nor be used in an illegal manner.
Why then, should we cater to the lowest denominator, a few crazy folks and some criminals....and take away rights the vast majority of people have now?
I very much LOVE having my gun collection. I regularly go out target shooting. I go through quite a bit of ammo monthly. It makes me happy and I enjoy it.
And, unless I do something illegal with them, no one and no entity has need to know what I have.....no more so than they need to know what knives, or lawn mowers I've purchased. Guns like any other things, are merely tools.
You obviously don't know much about guns, shooting under pressure, etc.
You NEVER draw a weapon, unless you intend to use it, period.
When you shoot, it isn't like the Lone Ranger where you shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand, or try to just wing them, you shoot for center mass where you have the best chance, under duress, to hit the criminal to stop them, you shoot until they are stopped.
If someone breaks into my house, I am under the automatic assumption that they are there to do me or my family bodily harm.
I know it is a bit more controversial, but as I mentioned, if you have someone illegally on your property trying to steal from you, you are in many places justified to shoot them. I personally don't have a problem with that, but some do.
Again, if the assailant was not illegally in/on your property committing a crime, they'd be happily on their way and not suffering from gunshot wounds.
It is purely their choice.
It is insanely EASY....as long as no one attempts to break into my house/property and steal or do harm to myself of ones I care about, they they will NOT get shot.
If they choose to commit these crimes, then of course they deserve to and will be shot.
I don't see what's so difficult for you to understand.
it is 100% up to them....don't do the crime.
Glad I don't have to depend on public transportation to get to/from where I need to work, shop, visit.....etc.
Seriously?
You don't think a young teen, home alone, with a ragged looking man hanging out on their doorstep, not going away, would be a reason for you to be somewhat concerned or frightened????
Yes, I grabbed that gun, just to be ready in case this person, that was NOT from the neighborhood (we all knew each other) tried to force his way into the house and defend myself.
Wow....I guess you're more trusting than most folks I know, especially THESE days, of home invasions, etc.
Well, who says I don't carry when out in public? CC licenses are easy enough to get.
I don't allow a bunch of kids to run around my house unsupervised.
And a gun that is unloaded or unaccessible is pretty much about the most useless thing in the world.
I hope for your sake a criminal breaking into your house gives you plenty of notice to run to wherever your gun safe is, take out your guns, find the ammo and load them up.
I hope I NEVER ever ever have to draw and use one of my weapons against someone, but better to have them and not need them, than that one time you need them, but don't have them.
Everyones' situation is unique as are their families, and what works best for you, is what you need to plan for and live with.....
Do many of them have analog components to them...ie tube amps, pre-amps, tape....etc?
Wouldn't it really only sound the best on analog home play, if the source was also at least mostly recorded using analog technology?
Well, it worked for me.
We had a gun in the house, and I was a young child, I think I was likely in about 5th-6th grade when we got it.
My dad showed me how the pistol worked, and let me shoot it, etc.
They also put the fear of God into me if I ever so much as thought about touching it without supervision.
I was a latch key kid...both parents worked, I came home alone most school days and when I was about 13yrs, I would spend summer days home alone.
I was told where the guns was, and I knew it was loaded.
One day when home alone, it was raining. A strange man came up and stayed in our door way, He was asking for a drink of water, I refused behind the locked door. I was frightened....as per my parent's instructions, I was then ok'ed for me to get the gun.
I retrieved it, I chambered a round and held it, till the storm passed, and he finally left.
After I felt safe, I dropped the magazine, un-chambered the round, put the round back in magazine and put magazine back in gun, and replaced it where it was usually hidden.
After I did that,I called my Mom at work and told her what happened, etc.
Are kids more stupid today and can't handle this?
I have no children living with me, but even if I did, I'd train them to know and respect and LEAVE weapons alone, like my parents did with me.
Kids aren't stupid, they just have to be trained right.
I have a LOT of guns. I have many of them staged within the house, I'm never far away from one, so, got that covered.
Most of the home defense rounds are hollow points and likely should not penetrate the walls. Shotguns are loaded with that in mind too, I"m not throwing slugs out with those in my home defense plans.
Depends on the state laws, etc....
A few years back, here in LA, there was a case where a guy came out on the balcony of his 2nd story apartment, and saw just below in the parking lot, 2 thieves in his car rummaging around stealing stuff.
He pulled out his gun and opened fire, killing one and wounding the other I believe, that ran off.
They actually tried to try him, but no jury would convict him.
I was actually surprised it went to trial at all, as that here in LA, the car is considered and extension of your home.
In TX, I believe you can freely open fire if you find someone on your property stealing stuff.
Frankly, I have no problem with that....if they'd not been committing the crime on property they didn't now own, they'd be happily alive and processing oxygen.
If I'm home and someone breaks in to my house, I assume 100%, that the person means bodily harm to myself, family/friends within and I won't even be checking the body till I'm loading my 3rd magazine generally.
Hmm...why don't you always keep one chambered?
Pretty much every gun in my house are loaded to full capacity +1 in the chamber, ready to go when I might need them.