We need to get a copy of Indiana Handgun Law by Bryan Lee Ciyou.
Matt and Landon used a lot of anectodal examples, especially when going over basic firearm safety. While many made us laugh, they really drove home the point that you should keep your finger OFF the trigger. (Paintball, anyone?)
Rule Number One: Guns Are ALWAYS Loaded. Even when you know they're not loaded, they're always loaded. End of discussion.
Single-action pistols have a short/light trigger pull, double-action pistols have a longer trigger pull (because it has to pull back the hammer). For some reason, I keep getting those backwards.
The weaver stance creates a smaller target for the BG, but if you're wearing bullet-resistant body armour, important parts (like your heart, your lungs, etc.) are left exposed.
The isosceles stance gives you better/more peripheral vision, and lets you be more aware of things going on around you. If you get shot in the front, your intestines might fall out, but there's a good chance your heart will still be in one piece.
Sight alignment: the top of the front sight should be even with the top of the rear sight.
Accuracy --> sight alignment + trigger control.
And by the way, Keep your finger OFF the trigger.
Dryfire. Dryfire. Dryfire.
If you're in a gun fight, that is NOT the time to work on your sight alignment. Dryfiring also creates muscle memory, so you're not having to think about what you're doing, you just do it.
Trigger control: When practicing trigger control, keep your finger on the trigger until you feel the reset and don't relax the finger. You want to pin the trigger back, feel the reset, and then pull again from the click. There is no need to loose your finger completely off the trigger and then slam it all the way back again. Slow and steady wins the race. Or at least knows where the trigger reset is.
Weapons for home defense: need a light so you can see your target. How do you know if your target is a BG or your drunken neighbor who thinks he lives in your house, not the one next door?
Big Important Thing: MINDSET. Don't give up.
These ARE deadly weapons. The end result could actually be death. You have to be prepared to accept that if you're going to pull your gun out, you must intend to use it, and using it may mean you might kill someone. Also, if you're involved in a gun fight, you will probably get hit with something (a ricochet, splatter from a bullet, an actual bullet). If you're hit and you're alive enough to know you've been hit, you can still fight back. Don't stop fighting until you're dead. Don't give up.
*now I just want to see the "After class Photos" * :do2:
Is it possible that someone may be defecting from Austria to Germany?
So how did everyones equipment hold up? Any guns go down?
Pami's Sig Ran.