We had an animated discussion at work the other day. Thought I would check the interweb for varying opinions.
Let us assume strong side carry of a large hand gun.
You get physically engaged from the front physically in hand to hand in an attempt to subdue and then abduct you for nefarious purposes. Essentially one or more people are trying to assault and then grab you and take you somewhere. The assumption is that you will likely end up dead and therefore deadly force is legally allowed. I realize that this might not be the case everywhere for everyone but for our situation it is a very valid assumption. (just to be clear I will ignore any posts that want to discuss the legality of this as it is a settled question for us)
Our discussion was should you:
- Draw your weapon and fire from the waist one handed, cowboy style
- Throw your weak side hand up and push back in an attempt to create distance before drawing, then fire from the waist
- Attempt to create space and then bring your weapon all the way up to a good firing position
The concern was if you throw your hand forward and fire one or more shots you stand a chance of blowing your hand off.
Some figured if you were able to create distance than you might be able to create enough space to get both hands up to the weapon and a good firing position but this seemed time consuming and risky.
We reached a consensus and trained that way but I was curious about other techniques and ideas as well as critiques of the given techniques.
Let us assume strong side carry of a large hand gun.
You get physically engaged from the front physically in hand to hand in an attempt to subdue and then abduct you for nefarious purposes. Essentially one or more people are trying to assault and then grab you and take you somewhere. The assumption is that you will likely end up dead and therefore deadly force is legally allowed. I realize that this might not be the case everywhere for everyone but for our situation it is a very valid assumption. (just to be clear I will ignore any posts that want to discuss the legality of this as it is a settled question for us)
Our discussion was should you:
- Draw your weapon and fire from the waist one handed, cowboy style
- Throw your weak side hand up and push back in an attempt to create distance before drawing, then fire from the waist
- Attempt to create space and then bring your weapon all the way up to a good firing position
The concern was if you throw your hand forward and fire one or more shots you stand a chance of blowing your hand off.
Some figured if you were able to create distance than you might be able to create enough space to get both hands up to the weapon and a good firing position but this seemed time consuming and risky.
We reached a consensus and trained that way but I was curious about other techniques and ideas as well as critiques of the given techniques.