Shawn Dodson
Moderator
In regard to pointing real (unloaded) guns at others during training: IMO it's a necessary evil to overcome the psychological reluctance to point a gun at anybody, even a bad guy, and especially a bad guy who doesn't "fit" your image of what a bad guy should be (the recent Tacoma Mall shooting comes to mind). Everyone involved has given their consent to train this close to the edge.
Same thing with having a real (unloaded) gun pointed at you during training. IMO one has to learn to recognize threat cues and to act effectively under danger of lethal injury when staring down the muzzle of an actual firearm.
Red guns are okay for many training scenarios. However in others there's no substitute for the real thing.
Others may disagree, and that's okay with me. Just my personal training and mindset philosophy.
Same thing with having a real (unloaded) gun pointed at you during training. IMO one has to learn to recognize threat cues and to act effectively under danger of lethal injury when staring down the muzzle of an actual firearm.
Red guns are okay for many training scenarios. However in others there's no substitute for the real thing.
Others may disagree, and that's okay with me. Just my personal training and mindset philosophy.