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From Recoil Magazine:

Learning How to Master Red-Dot-Equipped Pistols

Red-dot optics on pistols are everywhere nowadays. I resisted for a while, as the bulk of my civilian and law enforcement students still used iron sights. But over time, that’s changed. Whether in special operations, competition, concealed carry, or specialized law enforcement units, shooters now commonly use pistols with red-dots mounted on their slides.

S&W has the M&P Core series, Glock has the MOS series, CZ and FN have mini-red dot slide cut guns too.

By far, the greatest challenge is to properly orient the pistol so that you can find and maintain the dot in your sight picture. Thus, we first focus on grip. When using a pistol with iron sights, it’s easy to make adjustments to the gun as you present it on target, because you can perceive the orientation of the sights as soon as they appear in your periphery. It becomes subconscious.

Yes it does, which is why I will never use a mini red dot on a pistol ever again.

I have the FN FNX 45 Tactical, which is a beast, it came cut for a mini red dot.  I put a Vortex Viper on it for 15 minutes.

I can grab just about any handgun I own and with my eyes closed, bring up to eye level and when I open my eyes I’m lined up on the sights.

It is a training drill I was taught years ago (do this dry, no ammo), to take an object about the size of a basketball or pie pan (about 10 inches) at 10 yards.  Focus on it.  Close your eyes, draw and point at the target, then open your eyes.

You should be able with a bit of practice to be able to have your sights lined up on the target when you open your eyes.

This is really helpful in defense shoots or competition to get the feel of getting the gun out and on target without needing to track the sights.  Using the sights is for the last bit of precision.  The difference between hitting the target and the X-ring.

I could not do with my red dot.  The red dot is about 1/2 and inch higher than the axis of the iron sights.  This was enough that all my muscle memory went to shit and I found myself looking thought the irons and under the dot.

I’d have to reposition my head or hands to use the dot.  It was slower and awkward for me.

I have no desire to retrain my brain to run one gun with a red dot when all my other guns have irons.

I’d rather have consistency across all of my weapon platforms than have the latest and greatest slick thing on one pistol.

I just saw this in Twitter and I figured it was a photoshop. I went to the WaPo and it was not a joke. I took a screencap:

I m not surprised if I get to read stuff along the lines of “Orange Man had the Muslim Pope killed because racism!” or some crap like that.

Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Vegetarian and Animal Lover tragically commits suicide. Untreated depression is suspected.

He killed some Jews, gypsies and warred with some neighbors.

UPDATE: I guess they figured they screwed up big time and corrected the headline.

Hat Tip Dan E

The death of Abu Al-Baghdadi is great news, but this statement from President Trump is a tactical nuke:

We notified some. Others are being notified now as we speak. We were going to notify them last night but we decided not to do that because Washington leaks like we’ve never seen it before. There’s no country in the world that leaks like we do. And Washington is a leaking machine. 

Knowing the levels of Trump Derangement Syndrome flowing in DC and other areas,  I have to concur with the Prez. More than one asshole (Democrats and the known Never Trump Republicans) would have notified ISIS and tell them of the upcoming raid so it would be seen as a failure for the President.

Peter today hits a good trio with great selection from Renaissance, one of my favorite groups.  I am just going to add a song from Annie Haslam solo album “Annie in Wonderland.”

Singer Gretchen Wilson gets evicted and she is not happy.

I do not know about the Hospitality laws in all states. I know that in Florida they side heavily with the hotels and apparently so do in New Mexico.  If the management f a hotel asks (tells) you to leave, you are bound by law to leave or the cops get called. The hotel does not need to provide a reason for the evection.

You probably have seen in COPS when cops get called to a domestic and somebody gets arrested? How they say there is nothing they can do because they are bound by law to make the arrest if they see a sign of violence? This is stricter as they just need only the request of management to escort you out or plain arrest you if you don’t leave.

What should you do if you are trespassed & evicted? Don’t argue. Pack your stuff, be very polite because in all probability you will be in camera.  “But what about what I paid for?” says you, well that is now a civil matter to be resolved at a later date, not a criminal one. Once you are done packing, call Front Desk and ask for the manager to come to the room to have it inspected before you and the cops leave the room.  This is for your protection so the hotel cannot say you left a mess behind and charge you a damage fee in the thousands or threaten you with that if they think you will sue them. Ask and officer to accompany you and the manager and use  your phone video cam to record  the inspection and have the manager say things are in good shape or not and why. If the manager refuses, you still ask an officer present to accompany you while you video record the condition of the room. Be thorough! From light bulbs to faucets and anything breakable, makes sure you have everything in video.

Get a report number. wether you will proceed or not with a lawsuit, you need to have it so you know what officer were present and what evidence will be available (body cams).

I cannot stress the importance of remaining polite and calm, specially with video cameras running. Yes, you can express your disappointment at what is going on, but don’t take it out on the responding cops nor go on rants  laced with cuss words. Police videos are public records in most states and they eventually make it to the internet. People will side with you faster if they see you as the composed aggrieved party and not the childish asshole throwing a tantrum that truly needed to be evicted.

If you actually watched the video, you may have seen this interesting caption:

“That guy” was the Front Desk Manager or attendant that the cops talked to when they came in (2:03).  I felt and probably the cops also did, he was embellishing the story, specially accusing her in a roundabout way of being drunk. That was a dick move that would probably cost the hotel some money for defamation.

And once again, if you are in Florida, do not refuse a trespass if you are armed because if you are arrested, you go straight for a felony. Your state may vary.