No! I would not go anywhere near a tactics or roleplaying class that used real guns.AlexKilpatrick wrote:One of the things that seems to be missing from CHL training is practice in different scenarios. I was thinking it would be cool if there was some kind of scenario training where you were presented with "real life" type role-play scenarios, some of which require deadly force and some which don't. You would use your own gun with snap-caps, and see how you handled the situation. An instructor would critique your actions in a debriefing.
It seems like something like this would really help with training situational awareness as well as making people more confident that they can handle a crisis situation. However, I have not seen anyone implementing these kinds of scenarios targeted at CHL holders. I know there are some "tactical" handgun classes, but those seem to be more targeted at personal security guys.
Has anyone seen anything like this? If it was available, would you sign up for it?
There are trainers who use simunitions or airsoft to roleplay scenarios. You can also do your own scenario training with a few friends and airsoft guns. Dummy "red guns" are good for some scenarios and don't require gloves and faceshields. Have some roleplayers and one or more observers (coaches) who set up the scenario, give each player their own instructions, observe what happens, and give feedback. Rotate through the roles if you're doing it with friends.
Like someone said, the important thing is to treat it like training and not a game. Among other things, that means the purpose of the exercise is to learn, not to win. The roleplayers should have simple scripts and should follow the scripts, even if that means they lose. For example, if the robber's script says to run if confronted, the person playing the robber should run instead of improvising. The observer has enough to watch without people hijacking the training to boost their ego. (If someone can't follow instructions, uninvite them next time.)
As a coach, it's good to throw in some no shoot scenarios.