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Compare that to looking and shooting
from around cover—much better, is it
not? Also, consider that much of gun
training in the USA today is lop-sided.
By this I mean that they only train one
side of the body, the left or the right,
whichever is dominant. Training the
lesser side is rarely examined beyond
the cursory discussion of the dominant
hand being injured. At my school we
seek to be as ambidextrous as possible
and don’t consider strong side-weak
side issues. Rather, we have a right side
and a left side.
Since we are shooting around cover,
we are looking at right side and left side.
How will you handle a piece of cover
that only offers utility from the one side,
especially if it is your traditionally “weak
side.” The simplest and best answer is to
put the gun in the other hand. Thus, the
importance of completely training both
the right and left sides.
Consider also how you will handle
the cover issue if you have non-combatants
with you. These are the folks
you are often protecting such as family
members, friends and others. Will you
How will you handle
a piece of cover that
only offers utility
from the one side,
especially if it is
your traditionally
“weak side?”
jump behind cover and leave them in
the open? Only a coward would do that.
Give some thought as to how you will
get them behind cover as well. In the old
days we often joked that the best cover
was a swarm of bullets heading toward
the adversary. In these cases, as extreme
and radical as it may sound, a short,
intense burst of suppressive fire from
your Glock or XD pistol may in fact buy
you the time to get to safety. It may not
be pretty or approved by certain ranges
but it has proven effective.
Don’t discount the use of cover, but
certainly don’t over-emphasize it either.
Taken in context, it can be a life saver.
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Gabe Suarez is the CEO of Suarez
International, USA.
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