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Arizonatexan
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Simply for the sake of discussion - no argument or ill to anyone intended -stating the devil's advocate side ...
It's a well known fact that an assailant wielding a knife can cover 21 feet in 1.7 seconds. It takes a trained policeman longer than that to react, draw and shoot from an exposed duty holster. In the time you react, draw and shoot from concealed carry the bad guy can cover 30 feet and stab you. It can take afast-draw expert 2-3 seconds from concealed carry. Realistically, it can take the average joe up to 8 secondsto deploy his handgun. A healthy young man can run 30 to40 yards in 8seconds.
Now if the bad guyhas a gun instead of a knife and he already has it drawn - chances are you are going to be shot before you can react. Statistically, most gun battles take placewithin 7 feet or less. If the bad guyhas not drawn his weapon yet or if he is in the process of drawing - you might - if you are really good - have a couple of seconds to draw your gun. This being said, by carrying open instead of concealed you eliminatea second or a second and a few tenths from your draw time. With an open top holster you shave off another few precious tenths of a second compared to the delay in un-snapping a retention device.Clearly, every tenth of a second could mean yourlife or death.
This is the argument for open-top versus closed or retention holsters. Of course there is no substitute forconsiderable practice with whatever rig you carry. But it is equally a good argument for remainingvigilant and alert to your surroundings atall times and avoidingthe situation all together if at all possible.
Arizona-Texan
Simply for the sake of discussion - no argument or ill to anyone intended -stating the devil's advocate side ...
It's a well known fact that an assailant wielding a knife can cover 21 feet in 1.7 seconds. It takes a trained policeman longer than that to react, draw and shoot from an exposed duty holster. In the time you react, draw and shoot from concealed carry the bad guy can cover 30 feet and stab you. It can take afast-draw expert 2-3 seconds from concealed carry. Realistically, it can take the average joe up to 8 secondsto deploy his handgun. A healthy young man can run 30 to40 yards in 8seconds.
Now if the bad guyhas a gun instead of a knife and he already has it drawn - chances are you are going to be shot before you can react. Statistically, most gun battles take placewithin 7 feet or less. If the bad guyhas not drawn his weapon yet or if he is in the process of drawing - you might - if you are really good - have a couple of seconds to draw your gun. This being said, by carrying open instead of concealed you eliminatea second or a second and a few tenths from your draw time. With an open top holster you shave off another few precious tenths of a second compared to the delay in un-snapping a retention device.Clearly, every tenth of a second could mean yourlife or death.
This is the argument for open-top versus closed or retention holsters. Of course there is no substitute forconsiderable practice with whatever rig you carry. But it is equally a good argument for remainingvigilant and alert to your surroundings atall times and avoidingthe situation all together if at all possible.
Arizona-Texan
My sidearm and carry ammo combination is not as strong as some, but with 1,750+ ft./lbs. of energy at the muzzle, I wouldn't exactly call it wimpy. (Alaskan in .454 Casull w/300gr Gold Dots, and yes, it is my primary carry) I wanted a guaranteed one-shot stop, and this is as close as I could come to that. Where was your training? I would be interested - it sounds like a good class.
