pickpocket
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Well...do you think if you renamed it "Just Do It Focus" that you could market it? LOL
Not on mine, and I've never heard of actual, written policy on them. I'm sure there are a few out there that do though.Is there policy on the laser site in various Departments? If so some of you who are active, what is it?
Capt_Charlie:
If you have the time to steady the dot, it's a very effective tool, but if you only have time for a snap shot, it's very difficult for the eye to track that rapidly moving dot, especially when the target's moving as well.
Massad does not use lasers on his defensive sidearms,
Take what he has to say about a lot of things with a grain of salt. Want to know why? send me a pm
???If you have the time to steady the dot, it's a very effective tool, but if you only have time for a snap shot, it's very difficult for the eye to track that rapidly moving dot, especially when the target's moving as well.
Not much, but it's been the real deal, with adrenalin flowing, and not on the range. The weapon was a Taser, which has a laser sight, and the guy had a knife. I only had a split second to line up the laser and fire, and I found it very difficult to track that laser dot quickly. It really was more of an instinct shoot than actually using the laser to sight.Capt Charlie, how much time have you spent behind a laser? And do you have access to a range with moving targets?
I think the difference is a combination of adrenalin and a lack of time to line up properly. Remember that with a laser, a slight movement of the hand results in substantial movement of the dot on the target. The further away the target, the more the dot moves. In my case, the man was suicidal and my Taser was down on my side, hidden from view, while a negotiator tried to talk him down. Didn't work, and the guy made a rapid attempt to plunge the knife into his chest. Distance was about 10 feet, and I had only a split second to bring the Taser up and fire. On a Taser, the laser comes on when you flip the safety off, and I remember it as being difficult to place and hold the dot steady in the proper place, given the time involved. Had I had more time, there's no doubt I could have steadied it on target.I'm looking for something that would explain your experience vs mine, and coming up blank.