No, the attempt to catch a falling gun is a judgment call left up to the SO, that
might be determined to be "unsafe," and
might result in a disqualification. In fact, attempting to catch a falling gun is not mentioned as an example of unsafe gun handling in rule 2.2.
However, dropping a gun is specifically addressed as something that
will result in a disqualification, and therefore the rules encourage attempting to catch a falling gun, as trying to catch it
might result in a DQ, but following the wise advice of the linked article from the "Tactical Brief," absolutely
will result in a disqualification.No, my point is it's ironic that IDPA sent me a link to that article, when IDPA has a rule that encourages people to do the very unsafe thing the article recommends against. I didn't mention USPSA at all, USPSA didn't send me the link to the article, and I posted in the IDPA forum, not the IPSC/USPSA forum.