what are you going to do if someone attacks you and during the attack you pull your gun but with the adrenaline flowing you forget that you are playing barney fife and don't have any bullets are you going to hope that your snap caps scare the big bad guy away? It's one thing if you want to carry it around your property unloaded to get used to it but please don't do it out in the real world.... hmmm I don't recall being comfortable carrying a loaded gun before I owned one since I got my first BB gun at 6 and a .410 at 7 but I was comfortable enough with myself before I bought a carry gun