I’ve got something of a man crush on Dom Raso. The same may be true for Colion Noir, who’s incorporated the gun guru into his Noir program. In the how-high-can-your-production-values-go episode of Dom Showcase (in Noir Season Six), the former SEAL takes on a spree killer in a darkened theater. In the video below he demonstrates . . .
unorthodox firing positions, blending in and finding concealment.
I reckon a lot of what the Dom’s demonstrating and recommending is instinctive. Do you really have to train yourself to be able to pivot in a small space while drawing your gun and ducking down for cover?
There’s nothing wrong with that kind of training, which you can do dry firing in the comfort of your own living room. But I reckon someone who knows how to draw quickly and efficiently can make ready in a variety of situations without too much training.
Another question: should a theater goer under ballistic attack stay put and shoot the bad guy — or guys — or beat feet? What if you’re with a family member or friend? Shooting at someone tends to draw return fire, you know. And what of shoot and move, shoot and move?
Anyway, if I had an ounce of Dom’s sangfroid I wouldn’t be worried about any of it. Just saying.
I’ve got a few boxes of Winchester Black Talon in .40 and 10mm 180 gr. So I run those. Not only because they perform, but also because the libtards loose their collective shit over ANYTHING firearms and black.
And be careful that *another* concealed-carrier may mistake *you* for the lethal threat, and negates *your* ass…
“Guns are stolen from concealed carriers about as often as from open carriers.”
I would greatly appreciate a citation for this. I don’t doubt it, but just saying it doesn’t make it true.
Also, what’s with all the anti-OC Nazis?
I heard this story on WSJ’s podcast this morning and believe it is the most stupid article I’ve ever heard. The author whined about a “loop hole” that allowed people to buy blocks of metal and mill them out to build a gun. He then said criminals couldn’t be bothered to have straw buyers go to NV to buy their guns. Instead, they mill out 80% lowers – as if THAT is way more convenient. Next, he talked about a guy who had a machine shop who was turning out mass quantities of ghost guns. Hello! If you have a machine shop you can mill out a 0% lower. Finally, he mentioned that CA is demanding people with ghost guns have to get serial numbers. Uh, yeah, I bet the folks who just SOLD ghost guns (illegal) to FELONS (illegal) would comply. Typical liberal anti-gun BS. Solve “gun violence” by imposing laws that depend on the criminals to obey in order to work.
Whenever I hear the “Four Rules of Gun Safety” thing… I have to chime in with my obligatory perpetual lobbying for *The Fifth Golden Rule* …which I find especially so important in today’s technologically advancing world of new-fangled gadgetry:
Rule #5 — If you are unfamiliar with the operation of specific controls on a given firearm, DO NOT GUESS! STOP and ASK. Ask somebody who is knowledgable about the particular weapon, or research the instructions and functions through available resources– but do NOT push that button or lever or knob or switch until you are certain about what the control does on THIS particular firearm.
With the dizzying mix of controls available on firearms, sometimes we experienced shooters casually overlook how complex the operation of modern firearms can be. In one second at a shooting table, we can go from a “simple” striker-fired pistol with a trigger, slide-release, and magazine release button… to a DA/SA with a half-cocking hammer, safety switch, decocker, cocking indicator, slide-release, take-down lever, sight adjustment etc., …to a rifle with a bolt-lock, magazine release paddle, windage/elevation knobs, stock adjuster or folding release button, fire-select and safety knobs, retention levers and pins, ejection port flaps, QD tabs, etc., and on and on….
And we lovingly get into to it all, familiarizing ourselves and in the process, making it an essential part of the joy of shooting. But for the beginning shooter, who is learning fundamentals and the (five!) burned-into-your-brain-no-exceptions safety rules… this really ought to be one of those essential rules. Try and imagine what it’s like for new shooter to see all these generic looking controls, different and unlabeled from gun to gun, and to think, “Well, there’s the trigger… but the other five or six switches and knobs, I think they probbbbbably do, umm, what do they do again?”
It’s not really necessary to illustrate any what-if scenario. Just think of some of the guns you own, and then imagine some of the mistakes that a newbie or unfamiliar user can easily make with the fire controls that might lead to potentially hairy situations. And I’ve even seen experienced shooters– whose experience has been limited to certain makes and types of firearms that they own, for instance– make inexplicable choices about fire-controls because they didn’t want to ask… so instead they just guessed, and guessed very wrong. Everyone out there who has shared shooting with somebody has an informative story, I’m pretty sure.
Anyway, that’s my take on the Four Rules– that it really ought to be the Five Rules. And I certainly teach it that way to friends, families, kids, and even shooters more experienced than I am. It’s well worth it to remind even the most gristled shooter… there are so many more firearms out there than most of us will ever see in real life, much less have an oppotunity to shoot… and that is a good thing… so when we have the opportunity to shoot a new kind of gun, it follows that it’s always good to remember: in some way, they’re all unique in how they function.
Don’t guess. Just ask.
Be safe,
Mort
Why do leftists believe the myth that an armed assailant will never hurt them if they only just give them their wallets and purses?
I took a full size to do Mt Katadhan in Maine. As a sedentary out of shape person, that extra weight was a bitch lol. It’s the last part of the trail.
Some people don’t want your belongings some people want your life or to rape you. What do you say to those people when you give them all your personal belongings and they take your life you dumbass. What if you come across a black bear not being racial here. Or a mountain lion I tell you what happens if you don’t have a firearm they find pieces of you and your belongings screwed all down the trail. Good luck anti Gunner.
In other words, she might as well say, “I’m bear food.”
When she gets on that trail with no firearm, she is no longer at the top of the food chain. BTW, I live next to the Appalachian Trail so I am familiar with it.
Generally yes. But as the son of a career deputy even he knows that there are plenty of bad apples. He always told me to keep my mouth shut, Be polite and follow orders even if they are wrong because neither or father or a lawyer can help me if I’m dead.
Most officers I know are great men. Few are not and shouldn’t wear the badge at all but alas it is out of my (our) control.
The more audio and video you can get in every encounter the better you will be
i view the police the same as everyone else: probably decent folks for the most part but push comes to shove they care about themselves more than me.
Some police thinking in Delaware:
https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/delaware-officials-eye-gun-ban-for-cannabis-consumers This would make an interesting TTAG post.
“Farther” for tangible references
“Further” for intangible references