Handgun Personal Defense

PRESENTED BY BULLSEYE SHOOTERS

AMERICANS ENJOY A RIGHT THAT CITIZENS OF MANY OTHER COUNTRIES DO NOT—THE RIGHT TO OWN FIREARMS.

BUT WITH THIS RIGHT COME RESPONSIBILITIES. IT IS THE GUN OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO STORE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN HIS OR HER FIREARMS SAFELY.

IT IS THE GUN OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT UNAUTHORIZED OR UNTRAINED INDIVIDUALS CANNOT GAIN ACCESS TO HIS OR HER FIREARMS.

AND IT IS THE GUN OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO LEARN AND OBEY ALL APPLICABLE LAWS THAT PERTAIN TO THE PURCHASE, POSSESSION AND USE OF A FIREARM IN HIS OR HER LOCALE.

GUNS ARE NEITHER SAFE NOR UNSAFE BY THEMSELVES. WHEN GUN OWNERS LEARN AND PRACTICE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP, GUNS

ARE SAFE.

SPRING BULLSEYE SHOOTERS

Why are you here?

Target Shooting & Personal Defense?

(Two Different mindsets and skills)

Do you intend to carry for Personal Defense? Why?

Do you plan to get additional training?

Can you make the decision ahead of time to use a weapon in your defense? Deciding at the time of a critical incident is too late. Are you capable of using deadly force?


Why Train? Why Practice?

6 areas of skill development and awareness

Sources for training and information

What happens to your body when you experience a violent attack?

A study of the LAPD and NYPD shootings results


SAFETY IS JOB ONE.

Treat all guns as if they were always loaded

When should it be loaded?

Never point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy

What is a Safe Direction

Keep our finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot and the sights are on the target

Always make sure of your target and know what is behind it

Be familiar with your equipment and ammunition


SAFETY IS JOB ONE.

Don’t totally rely on mechanical safeties

Use eye and ear protection

Pass a gun to another person covering trigger

Misfire, Hangfire, Squib Load

Let IT Drop


Types of weapons and ammunition

Revolvers

Semi-Auto

Shotgun

Rifle

Which is best for Home Defense?

Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun Weight, Trigger Pull, and Sight Radius


BARREL

FRAME

FRAME

ACTION (SLIDE AND PARTS WITHIN FRAME)

FRAME

BARREL


MUZZLE

RIFLING (LANDS & GROOVES)

CHAMBER

LOCKING LUGS (ENGAGE RECESSES IN SLIDE)


SPIRALING LANDS AND GROOVES THAT ENGRAVE THE BULLET AND GIVE IT SPIN AS IT TRAVELS THROUGH THE BORE

LAND GROOVE

LAND GROOVE


PROPER CARTRIDGE IDENTIFICATION IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE CORRECT AMMUNITION IS LOADED INTO THE PISTOL.

THE CARTRIDGE DESIGNATION IS:

• MARKED ON THE PISTOL

• STAMPED ON THE HEAD OF THE CARTRIDGE CASE (HEADSTAMP)

• PRINTED ON THE FACTORY AMMUNITION BOX

SOME CARTRIDGES HAVE MORE THAN ONE DESIGNATION, SUCH AS 9 MM PARA/9 MM LUGER/ 9X19 MM, AND 45 AUTO/45 ACP.


Types of weapons and ammunition

Caliber / Gauge, Velocity, Energy, Stopping Power

Designation

+P and +P+

Lead, Full Metal Jacket, Hollow Point, Buckshot, Birdshot – Which for Home Defense?

Practice vs. Personal Defense – Be sure it works in your gun


Skills and Equipment

Stance – Isosceles, Weaver, Modified Weaver – Movement, Turning, Recoil Control.

Gun Fit

Grip – Two Handed Grip for Stability and Recoil Control vs. others

Sight Alignment and Sight Picture (Dominant Eye)

Trigger Control – Why did my shot go there?

Trigger Control – Trigger Reset

Breathing Control



Sight Alignment VS Point Shooting

Target Shooting

6 o’clock hold

Bullseye hold

One Eye or Two

Focus Point


SIGHT ALIGNMENT REFERS TO THE

PROPER RELATIONSHIP OF THE PISTOL’S FRONT AND REAR SIGHTS

PROPER SIGHT PICTURE IS OBTAINED

WHEN THE ALIGNED SIGHTS ARE PUT

INTO THEIR PROPER RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE TARGET.

FOCUS POINT



Combat Focus Shooting - Intro

In a critical combat incident, your eye focuses on the threat.

Both Eyes Open – Don’t limit the info your brain needs to have

Lean into the Gun. Weight forward, knees bent

Arms out straight, Parallel to Eye Level, locked or unlocked (Isosceles)

Combat Focus Accuracy



Breathing

Dry Fire Practice – Trigger Control and Sight Alignment

Practice in your garage with a BB or Airsoft Gun

Lasers

Holsters


Liabilities / Legal Issues

Myths - A judge does not care how you interpret the law

Ability , Opportunity, Jeopardy

SHOOT TO STOP THE THREAT (Not to Kill)- How many shots does it take to stop a threat?

Know where the bullet is going?

Storage and Maintenance



If you own or carry a firearm you are responsible for whatever happens with it and should never be allow it to fall into the hands of an unauthorized person.

Children should never have access to loaded firearms; in fact, it is illegal to allow unsupervised access to anyone under the age of 17

Children should be trained to never touch a firearm without responsible adult supervision.


Store guns so they are not accessible to unauthorized persons

Ask yourself –

Is your storage place safe from children?

Do your storage devises work?

Is ammunition separate from firearms. When?

What if you need to access the firearm?

What are the implications of storing in a vehicle, workplace, home, or public places?


Sample Storage Options

KNOW the LOCAL laws Where can you carry?

State Reciprocity

What is Deadly Force and When is it Justified?

Castle Doctrine?

When and Where can you shoot?

Five Rules for CC

Ability, Opportunity, Jeopardy

Deadly Force Decision Making

SHOOT TO STOP THE THREAT - How many shots?


When and Where can you shoot?

In public

What are the implications?

At the Defense of Another?

Home Invasion

In or From Your Car

To Protect Property????????


1. Retreat to safety 2. Secure the room

3. Call police/911 – Prepare a Script 4. Verbal warning

• Secure/lock door • Retrieve firearm (is it loaded?) • Have phone ready • Have flashlight ready (if appropriate) • Listen

Have an Emergency plan for responding to a possible break-in


What do you do afterward? When to call 911 and what to say

When the police arrive

Use only basic communication –

Be cooperative and compliant

Know your lawyer

You may be arrested

CYA Can You Articulate why you did it?

Can You Authenticate that your actions were within the legal use of Deadly Force according to Local Laws and Standard Rules of Engagement and Practices?



Tactical (Retain Mag) and Speed Reload (Drop Mag)

Malfunctions

Stove Pipe - Sweep

Slide Lock - Reload

Fail to fire – Tap, Rack

Double Feed – Lock, Rip, Rack, Rack, Reload

The Draw - Hand In, No waste of motion


Skills and Equipment High Ready Position

Presentation

Lean into the Gun. Weight forward, knees bent

Consistent Grip, Presentation, and Trigger Pull

Combat Focus Shooting – Making use of what your body does naturally

In a critical combat incident, your eye focuses on the threat.

Both Eyes Open

High Ready Position – Can Shoot from here and better retention


Skills and Equipment Combat Focus Shooting –

Arms out straight, locked or unlocked (Isosceles) Arms and Gun Parallel to and aligned with eye level No artificial stopping of movement by muscles See the front sight but don’t focus on it. Distance from the threat can change the technique You will know when to use the sights Tunnel Vision – 360 degree check Assess and Re-Assess the threat level OODA Loop – Orient, Observe, Decide, Assess Multiple Shots (How many shots does it take) Multiple Threats Combat Focus Accuracy

Any hit that significantly affects the target’s ability to present a lethal threat

When under stress – 8 inch pie plate

Movement – Improve Chance of Survival but don’t sacrifice accuracy


Skills and Equipment Dry Fire Practice – Timed with draw and presentation drills Range Drills Trigger Control

Tip of Finger Pad or Joint? Maintain contact with trigger Find minimum reset point or travel distance

Balance of Speed and Precision Too Slow Too Fast

Recoil Control – hold through Close Quarter Combat How to cure a flinch How fast do I have to be? Shooting from Multiple Positions Weak Hand Shooting

Draw Recovery Malfunction Drills

Train like you fight Force on Force


Take Advantage of what the body does naturally: Amygdala – Area of the brain that Produces Auto

Response to fear or startle

When you hear or feel a threat, the brain focuses on learning more about it and orients the body towards the threat

Your eyes focus on the threat – could be the weapon in the targets hand

Don’t limit the amount of info to your brain by focusing on a thin piece of metal with one eye.

Duck – Lower center of gravity which puts the body in a position to move.


Take Advantage of what the body does naturally: Hands up in front of face. Even after the draw, it is

natural to have hands between eyes and the threat. Tunnel Vision increases visual acuity in the center of

the field of vision. This helps the brain get more info from the threat. It must be broken to assess further threats.

Tachypsychia – Perceived Distortion of time – it slows down because the brain speeds up the processing of info from the eyes.

Loss of fine motor skills because the blood supply is decreased from the periphery of the body and to the large muscle groups.

Use consistent large movements to align firearm to the threat.


Practice and Study:

BECOME VERY FAMILIAR WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT – BE SAFE

PRACTICE SHOOTING REGULARLY AT THE RANGE

DRY FIRE PRACTICE AT HOME

CHECK OUT GOOD SOURCES FOR TRAINING IN SHOOTING SKILLS AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

BOOKS BY MASSAD AYOOB AND ROB PINCUS

TAKE HANDS ON TRAINING AT LOCAL RANGES


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