I know I'm the new guy here, but I have 20K posts on other gun and gun-related forums. I say that not to claim that I am the smartest person who ever lived, but to assert that I'm not a newby with a new toy expressing baseless claims.
I have expressed this same LCP II concern on other forums. Unlike Glocks, or virtually any other modern firearm, the LCP II has no mechanical means of preventing the hammer from dropping if the sear is worn or otherwise not properly manufactured. There is no firing pin block, no disconnect, no nothing. This is quite troubling considering that the LCP II must be carried with the hammer back on a live round.
Here is Ruger's response to my query on this issue:
" . . . if you chamber a round then yes the pistol is fully cocked. We do not recommend that you keep a round in the chamber since with any firearm if dropped it may discharge (please refer to page 14 in the owner's manual). The inner trigger on the LCP II is a safety feature we offer, which means that it has to be depressed before you can pull the outer trigger to fire the pistol. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Really, Ruger? You sold me a CCW gun and tell me - after the fact - that I should not carry it with a round in the launch tube? That's BS.
I love the LCP II. Great trigger, great looks, great feel, great gun - aside from the negligent design. But I will not carry it. Ruger must do a buy-back of this gun and release a safe LCP III with modern firing pin block or other mechanical drop safety.