That is interesting. How do they handle close quarters/retention shooting type situations? It certainly appears that their use of their guns has to be determined beyond the 21 foot circle. If I understood correctly, we as regular citizens were much more likely to face a BG close in rather than out at both hands extended range. I've always been curious if there was any statistics for non-LEOs regarding proximity. Without stats, anecdotal input would be great.Excaliber wrote:Although in many cases the slide rack is done for dramatic effect on folks who don't know anything about handguns, it also might have something to do with which country the film's technical consultant came from. The highly professional elite operators of one of our close allies carry their Glocks chamber empty and execute a slide rack / chamber load maneuver during the draw / presentation cycle. These folks are emphatic about thinking we're reckless carrying with chamber loaded.austinrealtor wrote:If you watch enough TV and movies, you'll soon learn that even a Glock must be cocked before every tough guy speechC-dub wrote:What did he have to say about Glocks?redlin67 wrote:I thought my instructor was excellent. His thing was that the first sound that a potential threat would hear is the sound of the safety being clicked off.
I don't agree with them on this point, but after seeing them use their technique I wouldn't stand downrange and try to outdraw and outshoot one of these guys either - I'd probably lose.
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- Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:38 am
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- Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:14 am
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Re: Gun Self Defense Myths
Not necessarily. Here are several recent examples where that is not true, at least in TexasTxSheepdog wrote: If you have the misfortune of having to shoot the thug and live to tell about it, prepare to be demonized by the DA and media.
Hooray for the Castle law!
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For places like CA, NY, NY and IL, the thinking is so warped that you may indeed be in trouble for defending yourself. In those places, you would likely be in trouble for any sort of self-defense regardless of the method that you use.
I attended the Friday lecture at the Forum day at PSC. Charles did a wonderful job of explaining the latitude that we have in Texas and why the Castle law is different than many of us believe.