Glock 21 for home defense. I want a reliable light for a high stress scenario. Reliability and ease of use are more important to me than cost.
Can never go wrong with surefire x300
The beauty about a WML is that you don't have to use it.A friend of mine and I were chatting about flashlights mounted on rails on pistols, ARs, etc, for home defense.
His thought is that with a flashlight, a you may not be able to see the perp, depending on where the light is shining, but they can sure as hell see you.
I personally don't like lights on guns. Major violation of rule #2.
Get a decent flashlight and keep bedside next to firearm and practice.
Just my thoughts
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People have to get over this rule #2 stuff in real situations. This "rule#2" wasn't a factor when I trained to re-hijack airplanes or trained active shooter situations. Entry teams don't lower their weapons when they clear and secure rooms.
Rule 2 is meant for your general gun handling and the range. How would you handle a threat in a restaurant when people are running around and you are trying to get to the threat?
How about if a loved one is in front of you, the threat is to their right(your left) and you were facing with your pistol to their left(your right). Are you going to lower your weapon as you come across and then address back up to the threat? How about the "hostage position" and they are behind your loved one with a knife to their throat? Are you going to be afraid of having your pistol pointed in that direction?
If you aren't at the high ready when you are "clearing your house", you might want to rethink that.
Don't let this "safety" impede your effectiveness in a real situation. Trigger discipline is a thing.
Of course this is dependent on your training and confidence. But just some things to think about.
If you can identify a bad guy and shoot, then you can identify a good guy and not shoot.
I agree and at the same time find it comical because what you just said reminds me of another retired FAM I had as an instructor in an instructor's course.
"WTF is wrong with you people, get over that SUL ******** and handle those weapons like you know what you're doing. I could teach a course to FAMs with my weapon pointed at them the whole time and not one of them would so much as flinch".