The Truth About “Point Shooting” vs. “Aimed Fire” (Front Sight Focus)

July 10, 2019 Off By Real Estate Club of America

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Here are 67 simple”at home” drills to get you started… 

This is THE situation all aimed-fire proponents train for.

Your wife or kid’s life hangs in the balance of scumbag’s sadistic whim, and you need to take the shot.

Do You Train To Point Shoot? Or Do You Use A Front Sight Focus?

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3. Home Invasion Hostage

2. Mentally Ill/Homeless Threat

But actually, I have lot of respect for aimed fire…
With the right equipment, you can safely train these (and other) scenarios using simple, dirt-cheap dry-fire drills you can do at home.
Basically, the best time to use aimed fire instead of point shooting is when you’re not the individual directly under threat.

Obviously this gets me plenty of hate mail from the crusty, old, so”experts” out there who get their tighty-whiteys in a wad any time someone tries to slap some reality into how to train for actual gunfights.
I mean, the reality is, if you’re ambushed in a parking lot by some thug hiding behind a parked car, you’ll be lucky to get to your gun, let alone ever use your front sight to acquire an”aim” onto your target.
…in the right conditions!

You hear gunfire and screams, see people diving out of the way or dropping like flies.

Try just a single drill and I promise you’ll be hooked!
Urban Survival
Aimed fire all the way baby!
Or… you have the time and distance to react to a threat before it is on top of you

In such attacks,”point shooting” is all you’re gonna to be able to use.

1. Active Indiscriminate Shooter

In actuality, home-based dry-fire drills aren’t only way more realistic than any variety training you’ve ever done… but they can also be a good deal of fun since you are putting yourself in a real-world scenario rather than just”target practice” you’re probably currently doing down in the range.
But the actual question isn’t if this listing is all-inclusive. The actual question is…

The reason I ask is because, while you can certainly get”marksmanship” training down at your local range, trying to get your 1″ shot group inside that tiny circle on your paper target…

Right now, a vast array of homeless people are”off their meds,” which means you might easily end up in a situation where a mumbling, armed vagrant is threating you from a distance.

You need to feel confident in drawing, giving strong commands to”Back off!” And utilize your aimed fire abilities for all they’re worth if your life is threatened.

Let me give you a few possible scenarios where aimed fire is your best chance at survival…
You are in a crowded region:  a shopping mall, a schoolyard.
I admit it. I talk a good deal of trash about”aimed fire”.

You’re not in the immediate line of fire, and you’ve got time to assess the threat and take the shooter out.

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The attacker is threatening to kill them – and you believe they mean it.

Those are strong examples of true”aimed fire” scenarios — and I am positive there are more you can come up with.
These scenarios require realistic training simulations where you are facing either a live person or a 3-D target.

Here Are 3 Times When You Absolutely MUST Master “Aimed Fire” To Survive

Point Shooting Vs. Aimed Fire
Your loved one has a gun to their head or a knife to their throat.
But there are other very specific instances once your front sight is your best friend, and…