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I wasnt too crazy about them at first...until I "saw the light "when I went to a Simunition training session with various LEO agencys participating.
The drill was to clear a house and it was a big house with many rooms and a weird layout. It was nighttime.
There is nothing worse than trying to open a door while holding a flashlight under your arm and your pistol in your other hand and trying to do it quietly.
It just aint gonna happen. Its awkward,loud and you really need three hands to do it right. Trying to move an obstruction out of the way so that you can get by it can be downright comical if someone else is watching.
I know all of the macho types out there can hold a light in one hand and calmly shoot with the other at someone that they cant see in darkened room or hallway, but that aint me.
I'll be looking for cover first and trying to get into a decent firing postion while tryiing not to get painted at the same time. You jump,run,bounce off of walls, fall over chairs,slap your head on shelves and doors all while trying to maintain a spot on the bad guy and at the same time trying not to shoot your partner.
Sounds easy dont it ?
I look at it like this...
Its an easier way to do a job that just about gaurantees that you are gonna get shot if the shooter wants it to happen. Out of the 50 or so officers that participated, 2 folks managed not to get painted.
After I tried it with the light mounted on the Glock, it was so much easier that it was a NO BRAINER. There was a decided advantage to using it, one that I will capitalise on every time.
Yeah, I wasnt to big on them at first, but even I could see the advantages to using them. So could the Sheriff who bought one for everyone in the dept. soon after.
As for me...
I'll take all the help I can get...
The drill was to clear a house and it was a big house with many rooms and a weird layout. It was nighttime.
There is nothing worse than trying to open a door while holding a flashlight under your arm and your pistol in your other hand and trying to do it quietly.
It just aint gonna happen. Its awkward,loud and you really need three hands to do it right. Trying to move an obstruction out of the way so that you can get by it can be downright comical if someone else is watching.
I know all of the macho types out there can hold a light in one hand and calmly shoot with the other at someone that they cant see in darkened room or hallway, but that aint me.
I'll be looking for cover first and trying to get into a decent firing postion while tryiing not to get painted at the same time. You jump,run,bounce off of walls, fall over chairs,slap your head on shelves and doors all while trying to maintain a spot on the bad guy and at the same time trying not to shoot your partner.
Sounds easy dont it ?
I look at it like this...
Its an easier way to do a job that just about gaurantees that you are gonna get shot if the shooter wants it to happen. Out of the 50 or so officers that participated, 2 folks managed not to get painted.
After I tried it with the light mounted on the Glock, it was so much easier that it was a NO BRAINER. There was a decided advantage to using it, one that I will capitalise on every time.
Yeah, I wasnt to big on them at first, but even I could see the advantages to using them. So could the Sheriff who bought one for everyone in the dept. soon after.
As for me...
I'll take all the help I can get...
