Do you carry spare magazines?

[SA_Steve]

Curious, anyone ever heard of a licensed handgun carrier in a situation that required extra ammo ?
There is always a first time I suppose and no one should experience needing it and not having it.

[Pawpaw]

I carry a total of 35 rounds of 9mm, 17+1 in gun and a 17 round spare mag.

I don't use a mag holder regularly, the ones I have are vertical and can be uncomfortable driving, usually its in my pocket

I use an inexpensive WRB nylon double mag pouch worn OWB. With two 1911 mags, it''s easy to forget it's there.

[mrvmax]

Curious, anyone ever heard of a licensed handgun carrier in a situation that required extra ammo ?
There is always a first time I suppose and no one should experience needing it and not having it.

I cannot recall off the top of my head but in Houston there have been multiple robberies of Denny's where there were multiple gunmen. I would avoid any involvement if possible but if there was a threat to my family I would have to react. In that scenario I would be a lot more comfortable knowing I had spare mags, especially if they had long guns. I guess carrying spare mags is kind of like buying self defense insurance, you hope you never need it but when you do you sure are glad you had it.

[RKirkwood]

Yes, I carry 2 extra. Why? When I took a training course I ran out of ammo, dropped the magazine and reloaded and continued the drill. After the drill I looked down and saw the magazine I dropped was half full. Loaded back full and continued with the training, again it happen. Empty the remaining bullet and reloaded with new bullet. For the next day 1/2 I didn't have another failure.

You just don't know when you might need a second magazine.