Law and Order

OCT 2013

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ON THE JOB NEWS DISCIPLINE JUST HANDED DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA RANGEMASTER MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS a balanced combat stance. In training, we have students practice both left and right movements. In combat, the direction will be dependent on the room foor plan and proximity of obstacles and personnel. At the novice learning level, we noticed a number of students would complete one step; stopping movement regardless if they had completed their draw. Some would stand still for several more seconds while they accessed their pistol. Along with the one-step method, we also teach the students to keep moving laterally until they come up on target. On the fat range, suffcient spacing (approximately 15–20 feet) is recommended to prevent crossing over target lines. We incorporate transitions into many of the other fundamental drills such as stationary turns, multiple targets and / The Support hand lowers the carbine about three-fourths down and remains cupped at sternum level. The firing hand accesses the pistol and begins the draw. When the support hand gets a hold over the top, begin lowering the carbine. Note that the trigger finger is straight on the game until the pistol draw begins. presentation. This puts both thumbs in normal orientation. The pistol continues up to eye level. The eyes start picking up the sights in the peripheral vision. The trigger fnger rests on the trigger until the fnal decision to fre. Advanced Drills A main component of transitioning is also getting yourself 'of the X'. In other words, moving your body away from where the bad guy last saw you, at the same time initiating the transition drill. This helps compensate for the micro-second reactionary lag time of recognizing the malfunction. To begin with, we incorporate a single-step body shift with the transition. Simply put, at the same time the shooter is in step one, he / she steps out with either foot or drags the inside foot to 20 LAW and ORDER I October 2013

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