It depends on the firearm, but yes, there are tons of pistols that are explicitly designed to be carried cocked. The m1911 is the first example that comes to mi

It depends on the firearm, but yes, there are tons of pistols that are explicitly designed to be carried cocked. The m1911 is the first example that comes to mind for me, as it’s been in service for over a century and is designed to be carried with the hammer cocked and the safety on - “cocked and locked”. Modern striker-fired pistols like this vary a bit. As there isn’t a hammer to “cock” in the first place the same nomenclature doesn’t quite apply. That said, the firing pin is under tension in almost all of them.