That is inconsistent with all the training I've had. The gun and eyes work together, and the gun is pointed in the direction the eyes are looking.
If you have an armed intruder who is willing to engage, it's highly unlikely he will shrink from shooting you from ambush, even if he may think you're unarmed. An extra second or two in this sort of situation is far too long.
Where did you get your training?
Army-based training at a vocational school during high school.
I was never "trained" to operate this way either. When we trained for room clearing, we trained as a team. I don't remember ever doing a drill where I had to roll out of bed in my underwear, disoriented and confused, and respond to screams coming from the other end of the house.
I was trained never to clear a house by myself. Ever. Sometimes we just don't have those luxuries as civilians.
We often ran, house clearing drills with C02 powered airsoft guns. It was funny, because even when we would hide 2-4 of the younger 15 and 16 YO kids in the house, and send one of the veteran army sergeants into clear the house, about 80% of the time they were shot despite doing everything right. Most times they just couldn't sweep the room with that flashlight quick enough. Also because there were "civilians" in the house, so they had to ID their target before shooting, as we do. The bad guys already knew: Flashlight=shoot.
There is not a single even relatively safe way to clear a house by yourself. Add to that fatigue and disorientation. Then throw in an armed intruder, who is willing to take a life, and has been awake for hours.
I could very well be wrong. I do not pretend to be an expert in anything. When I was trained, it was pistol about 18" in front of your face. Both arms brought back, elbows almost to chest. Lean slightly forward, don't cross your feet while walking. Eyes go where gun goes, gun goes where eyes go.
My common sense tells me that this formula will not work in all scenarios, the one discussed above being one of those. Again IMHO. I might feel differently if my house was smaller, with less furniture and hiding places.
I have surrendered to the fact that if someone is able to break into my house (I do have dogs and an alarm), has the intention or the mindset to shoot me whether they believe I am a threat or not, and is not a complete and utter idiot. . . Im probably going to get shot. I am going to have to rely on willpower to fight through it, and/or divine intervention to get me through. Maybe someday I will learn differently.
Putting myself in the criminals place, I know that if I were to break into a house armed, and someone were to awaken, I would be trying to get out as quick as possible while avoiding detection if at all possible. But if someone came around the corner with a gun and flashlight in hand, they would be getting shot.
BUT, I also am not a criminal, and therefore have different mindset altogether.
This is just the way I feel most comfortable, its all very much in my humble opinion, but until someone can point out a way I feel has a lesser chance of me ending up shot, probably the way I will continue to operate in a situation like this.
