Honestly.... visually check tires, secure wallet, phones, gun and then go. I commute quite a bit and doing the necessary safety checks has been lost in the routine.
[ATTACH]2866[/ATTACH] +1 for the snubbie. Light weight, accurate, comfortable. Cons: heavy trigger takes practice, capacity.... But five in your pants is better than 15 in your safe.
I was next to some interesting characters at the range two weeks ago. I feel better about my survival chances now. I shit-you-not... target was 10 FEET away and they couldn't print anything close to a group. I'm talking about barely on the paper. Glock, if course in the spirit of this thread. Gun safety handling left a bit to be desired as well.
I'm still trying to get used to carrying G19. Once I find that magic holster, maybe... I may invest in a real holster soon.... I still end up going with the 642.