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>>the target and what's beyond it always needs to be identified.
I disagree. You will be spending your time getting out of your OODA loop and into the goblin's OODA loop. If you have *time*, then by all means do what you need to do. But if you don't, you'll be focused on fighting. There will also be situations where you won't know you're in a fight until *after* the first attack. Are you going to "identify" then? The word "always" wouldn't even apply to law enforcement in such a situation, much less Joe Citizen.
I think we agree on the advantages and disadvantages of weapon mounted lights. Have both available and choose based upon the situation.
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>>How much will getting a proper sight picture on a target slow the shooter down? If >>you're already sure of the target & what's beyond it, what's wrong with watching >>the front sight? It'll make sure all of the rounds go into the heartbox & the brain >>box, right?
Sorry...wasn't clear. I did not mean that the gun would be at nose level.
It takes long enough to raise the gun from stomach/chest to eye level and acquire the sights that you can get punched, stabbed, or shot. Get rounds into the enemy fast.
...and don't buy into the "one shot stop" marketing hype. These are handguns and their terminal ballistics are weak. Throw rounds at them until they're down and not a threat, versus checking after every shot.
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I am not sure how this makes any sense:
Ifone's wildly pointingtheir gun around during a fight, there's no way they'll hittheir target, and ifthey do then it was just plain luck.
The shooter may simply not have a choice to avoid a knife, bullet, or blow--so the gun will move around. Grappling situations or distances less than 8 feet are exceptionally dangerous. The gun is a blunt instrument and you may end up using the slide or frame as a bludgeon...or just stick the barrel through the eye. Regardless of your adversary's activities, at some point you'll be able to orient and get a shot off.
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So you can guarantee in a close fighting situation that you'll maintain muzzle discipline in accordance with range safety procedures? When fists are flying, you'll do what you need to do. You may sweep your thigh and wave the gun around--and point the muzzle at the kiddies' room in the process.
But to say that "it won't happen" or "there is a lack of training" is incorrect and possibly disingenuous.
The more correct way to say it would be "lack of safety training in non-emergency situations."
And, I hate to break it to you, but every time you draw you sweep some part of yourself. Does this indicate a failure of training? I would say "no" because drawing your firearms is an essential skill...yet it violates the gun range safety rules.
This is the nature of the game...
range rules and attitudes create unrealistic expectations that do not apply in a fight for life. By all means...minimize risk while on the range and at home outside of an emergency. But in a fight, anything goes and necessity rules. This is not some vague notion; we've been programmed as a culture in "safety first" and "minimize risk" to such a degree that we
believe such "rules" are universal and not context dependent.
We, as a generic culture and as a "gun" culture, have forgotten that risk is based upon context and have failed to be flexible in our evaluations and reactions.
So all this as it applies to night sights: it's just a tool to assist in longer range shots in low light conditions (versus no light conditions, which require a flashlight so you can see *any* part of the goblin). There are other means to achieve the same result that do not require the purchase additional gear. Point shooting, combined with the use of ambient light and/or a supplemental light, will get hits out to your point shooting "comfort zone". For longer range shots, a light will create a background against which your sights can be seen. Night sights reduce the need for a light in that circumstance. In short, get night sights if you want all the advantages, but know that technique reduces them to an optional bonus.
I guess all of the above can be summed up as: "Don't try to gun fight without risk and to do so is to lose."
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