While the following link is of an officers body camera during a negligent discharge, I’m of the mind this incident offers lessons to learn for all who carry guns whether they’re uniformed or not.
https://youtu.be/Z7uJQ_nwZ4I
While the following link is of an officers body camera during a negligent discharge, I’m of the mind this incident offers lessons to learn for all who carry guns whether they’re uniformed or not.
https://youtu.be/Z7uJQ_nwZ4I
The Minority Marksman.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
-a Ch'an Buddhist axiom.
Recently, at a match I didn't attend - there was a shotgun ND about a foot from the SO's foot. I'm told the participant was unskilled and probably a newbie with the gun. In one sense, with more demanding guns, I wonder if there should be a competency test before competing. Some outfits do that or have a safety course. I had a guy put a 45 ACP a foot from my foot when he 'loaded and made ready'.
I don’t see this is as a problem a fixed test can solve. The video & your examples dovetail with the idea of cognitive overload; regardless of the individuals mental capabilities having too much to do at once causes people to “forget” how to handle guns. They may be knowledgeable and well instructed; but in the heat of having too much to process in a short time interval the details are forgotten, leading to the Loud Noise.
Being at a match for the first time, clearing a home when a sudden stimuli presents itself...all instances of someone already operating at high mental alertness being confronted with a sudden event.
Last edited by GardoneVT; 07-09-2019 at 12:57 PM.
The Minority Marksman.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
-a Ch'an Buddhist axiom.
Is it standard practice to use a WML to search and illuminate as we saw in that video?
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Muzzles partner, pulls trigger. "What happened?"
Very sad.
A member of my club, experienced competitive shooter, put a round thru his own leg recently at a match. Fortunately he suffered no lasting damage.
Sloppy gun handling is fine, until it's not.
Last edited by Mark D; 07-09-2019 at 03:23 PM.
If you're searching a house in good lighting and are in a situation that warrants putting a gun where your eyes are (like looking for an intruder in a house you've been told nobody else is present that has a right to be there), doing the same thing in a darkened area doesn't change that.
With that said, you shouldn't be using the WML in the same manner you would as a handheld, and searching with a WML should ideally be done in a depressed position using the light bounce. Using the WML like a handheld leads to sloppy handling where you are habitually, unconsciously using your gun as a pointer instead of keeping it in a referenced, hardwired ready position.
"Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll."- Last words of Todd Beamer