Gundahar
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- Sep 4, 2011
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Its that time of year again--time for me to consider a carbine class!
But looking at the gear requirements also got me thinking. The load out for a carbine class is very influenced by military trainers--chest rigs, camel back water supply, first aid kit. All great things, but how often do I really get my load out strapped on? So far only for the classes themselves.
It seems to me that what each class of shooter needs is different enough to focus classes, or even a whole training regimen on the specific needs.
For example, take a shoot house. Most of these are mil, or swat style "clearings" of a house. But for 99% of the civilian world, the reality is that you will be defending the house, not clearing it. You don't have the initiative, you are going to have to react and go with most of the advantages of the encounter not on your side--360 threat, have to fumble for the firearm out of a safe (for most of us), likely middle of the night intruder, etc. But you should have a home turf advantage, and defending has some perks as well.
But who trains this way?
Again, not to knock what is out there--I am very happy to get back out and train some more (AJ I am looking at you here), and frankly I need it. But it seems that what a typical civvy like myself needs is:
1) Law lesson
2) Draw and engage--especially when approached from the rear, or by a crowd
3) Home defense--kind of an "anti-clearing" exercise
4) Of course basic firearm proficiency--this is the easy part.
(A lot of these could not be conducted safely with real guns and live ammo, of course.)
And there is always the elephant in the room--physical fitness is the core of all .mil and police training programs
Gundahar
But looking at the gear requirements also got me thinking. The load out for a carbine class is very influenced by military trainers--chest rigs, camel back water supply, first aid kit. All great things, but how often do I really get my load out strapped on? So far only for the classes themselves.
It seems to me that what each class of shooter needs is different enough to focus classes, or even a whole training regimen on the specific needs.
For example, take a shoot house. Most of these are mil, or swat style "clearings" of a house. But for 99% of the civilian world, the reality is that you will be defending the house, not clearing it. You don't have the initiative, you are going to have to react and go with most of the advantages of the encounter not on your side--360 threat, have to fumble for the firearm out of a safe (for most of us), likely middle of the night intruder, etc. But you should have a home turf advantage, and defending has some perks as well.
But who trains this way?
Again, not to knock what is out there--I am very happy to get back out and train some more (AJ I am looking at you here), and frankly I need it. But it seems that what a typical civvy like myself needs is:
1) Law lesson
2) Draw and engage--especially when approached from the rear, or by a crowd
3) Home defense--kind of an "anti-clearing" exercise
4) Of course basic firearm proficiency--this is the easy part.
(A lot of these could not be conducted safely with real guns and live ammo, of course.)
And there is always the elephant in the room--physical fitness is the core of all .mil and police training programs
Gundahar