Are characters suppose to be carrying their weapons at the ready all the time? It came up in a game that one was always carrying around their weapon in their locked gauntlet which renders the time to put a weapon in or take it out a moot point. It lessens the value of being able to draw a weapon as part of a move action when your BAB is greater than zero, and also the feat quick draw. Just by those options and the fact that the locked gauntlet requires time suggests to me that its not meant to be a full time at the ready carry.

As part of their defense they mentioned that shields are rarely taken the time to be donned and are always considered to being readied. Which is a valid point for their case as I do treat shields that way because their strapped to the body.