How do you CCW folks practice?

[Jack]

To my knowledge, the purpose of the half cock notch on a 1911 is to prevent the hammer from falling all the way, should the hammer be bounced out of the full cock notch when someone hits the slide release and lets the slide slam forward.
You sometimes see this happen on 1911's that have had trigger jobs and have light triggers. The term 'following' is often used to describe the hammer 'following' the slide forward.
An easy way to prevent following is to hold the hammer back with the weak hand when you thumb the slide release and let the slide go forward. Another easy way to prevent following is to have someone competent do your trigger jobs.
Just to throw some gasoline on the fire here, I've heard many people worry about carrying a 1911 cocked and locked. In that condition, the hammer's cocked, and you depend on the thumb safety and grip safety for preventing accidents.
Now, a number of striker fired autos are typically carried with a loaded round in the chamber and the safety on. A striker fired auto is cocked all the time, and when you carry that type auto with a round in the chamber (as is almost universally done) you depend on the safety to prevent accidents- ONE safety.
The 1911 has 2 safeties in the cocked and locked scenario.
Now, call me a skeptic, but, which is safer? Might it be that since you can SEE a 1911 hammer, you worry, but since you can't SEE a striker, you don't? Seems to me that 2 safeties are better than 1.
OK, guys, I'm ready- fire away