The purpose of this stage was to get used to drawing straight out of the holster, rotating the gun horizontal, and getting the muzzle downrange BEFORE you push out to make it a safer draw. The way to keep people safe is to have the SO coach them on leg/body position until they are clearly going to draw safely.

Before this match we had chairs set up along the side wall. We verified empty guns and practiced drawing while seated with a SO looking over. We gave corrections until we were comfortable that they could draw and shoot safely with real ammunition.

Stage design is also important here: don't place targets so that the shooter is tempted to draw across their legs.

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