Embalmo wrote:So you grab the bad guy's gun and hold his slide while you take a round to your chest or head. Then while he's laughing, you pull the gun from him, rack the slide, and then empty it in the bad guy? I don't think it's a good idea to ever suggest grabbing a bad guy's gun.
Embalmo
As a police officer, one of the real dangers is that you will be in the interview stance (about 2-3 feet from the bad guy) and asking for his ID. When his hand comes up from his back pocket, he has a gun instead of a wallet or license. One reaction which could save your life is to practice disarming him. You use one hand to grab the barrel/slide are of the gun, the other hand to grab his wrist. As you twict the gun backwards against his fingers, your pushing with your strenght and against the weak direction of his hand. You can easily disarm him (usually breaking his trigger finger at the same time). It is a time honored technique that works and has saved many officers (and bad guys) lives.
I cannot get the video, so I don't know if that is the technique shown under discussion, but it is one time it pays to grab the bad guy's gun barrel or slide. And since you are not just grabbing and standing still, you do not usually take any rounds to the chest or head. It is possible you might get shot doing this, but very low in probability.