IS YOUR SHOOTING METHOD OBSOLETE? WILL IT GET YOU KILLED?
Here's part of an e-mail I got the other day from a member of the Polite Society:
"Let me get to the point right off.
"I pay excellent money to study under people that get into a lot of fights. These are people that kill people for a living. They are true
professionals in what they do, both law enforcement and military. They
don't sit around reading antiquated information hoping to learn a
usable pistol technique.
"One of my jobs brings me into close contact with a large segment of
the military's Special Operations community and I spend a great deal
of time listening to what these quiet professionals have to say. And
here's the short version.
"Point shooting is a waste of time and effort.
"These people kill bad people with sighted fire in CQB situations day
in and day out. What you espouse is 100% AA, weapons grade bullshit
and you need to quit misleading people with your shooting quackery. To
quote MSG Howe; 'Our work is too dangerous not to pass the right
knowledge by the proper instructors. Amateurs only create an unsafe
working environment.'"
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Now, that language is forceful, most direct, and sounds authoritative. Makes one sort of quake in their boots. But only sort of.
In reality, there are Wizards in the Gun World who are like the Wizard of OZ. Lots of strong talk, loud noises, and smoke, BUT NO SHOW.
I have been looking for many years now, for pics and videos of Sight Shooting or whatever those Wizards are touting, that show "their" method is effective in Close Quarters Combat.
Sight Shooting has been around for more than a century, and the modern techniques for years and years. So, there should be hundreds of pics and videos showing that one or the other, or both are effective at Close Quarters.
But there are none that I am aware of.
Nada.
Simply put, and with all due respect, I ask: WHERE'S THE BEEF?
Just trot your pics and videos for all the world to see. And also publish the who, what, when, where, under what conditions, at what distances, etc... in their support.
Just saying that something is so, doesn't make it so.
Here's some more Wizard talk from a recent thread on a gun talk forum:
"... You should only point shoot at ranges where you could punch your opponent. Anything past arms reach should be aimed fired. ..."
On the other hand, this is from a 2009 SureSight.com web article:
"It is an acknowledged fact that very few gunfight survivors ever remember seeing their sights at all during a life-threatening encounter. In other words, regardless of the amount of practice using the sights at the target range, the vast majority of shootout survivors are unable to see their sights when faced with life-threatening stress. One study found that when faced with stress, "93% of Officers focused on the threat, not the weapon, and 88% of the Officers resorted to binocular vision."
All that the Wizards of the Gun World have brought forth, since most all Police are trained to use the sights, is the Close Quarters Combat MISS RATE of 80+%.
Fact is that the stats say if you are going to be shot and/or killed, there is a 90% chance that it will be at less than 15 feet.
And if you think you will have the time to use sights, or will attempt to use them in a Close Quarters life threat situation, check out the pics in Chapter 19. They are from a video released by the Police of a drug store robbery in Florida.
If the guard in the drug store had taken the time to use the sights, he would have been the one who ended up dying on the floor.
Jack Ruby used P&S when he shot Oswald when he shot Oswald at a press conference at the Dallas Police Headquarters on 11/23/63. Images of "Ruby shoots Oswald", can be found on several web sites.
One image shows Ruby more than 3 feet away from Oswald the split second before he shoots. Ruby, the two Officer who were escorting Oswald, and Oswald, were all moving and the target area was small. So, there was no time to use the sights.
Ruby points where he is going to shoot, and shoots where he points.
Another image shows Oswald a split after he was shot. In it, you can see that Ruby used his middle finger to pull the trigger, as it is seen sticking out from the trigger guard. And his gun is way below eye level, so he clearly did not use the sights.
Oswald died.
What those pics show is that Point Shooting works, and that POINT SHOOTING IS EFFECTIVE IN Close Quarters COMBAT.
That's the simple truth of the matter.
If you have a gun for self defense use and plan on staying alive, best to look into Point Shooting, and give one or more of the methods a try. It's easy, requires little or minimal training and can be maintained easily.
Even the NRA supports using Point Shooting for Close Quarters self defense.
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Here's a bit more cheery news.
For use as a practical self defense tool, your handgun is probably obsolete.
A big - large caliber - high capacity gun with a bulky grip is much more gun than will be needed in a real Close Quarters armed encounter by the average home defender.
Big blasters also are heavy and harder to shoot accurately than guns of more modest capacity and caliber.
The 2x4 in the picture is a standard 2x4, which means it actually is 1.5 inches wide. And that is the actual width of one of the large caliber high cap guns used by one Agency. In my opinion, big is not always better.
Also, a gun that sits down well into your hand is good for recoil control. However, due to the design of the back strap and tang, that may not be the case with your gun. And the smallness of the trigger guard may make it hard to pull the trigger with any finger other than the index finger. Even the beloved 1911 has a design flaw that prevents it being used with AIMED Point Shooting. See Chapter 20 for info on the 1911.
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