Either way, I don't think you can blame the mode of carry

by FOG, Sunday, May 12, 2013, 16:57 (4158 days ago) @ Rob Leahy

I've read reports of people shooting themselves in various body parts, ostensibly because they drew from a holster with a button release actuated by their trigger finger (for example, the Blackhawk CQC).

Do we 'blame' the holster or the shooter?

Sometime back, a video of some guy shooting himself as he drew his roscoe during 'self-training' went viral and was probably posted on every gun forum on the internet.

Did anyone blame his holster or carry position, or do you think the shooter took the 'heat'?

Then, there's the truly infamous example of the 'professional' Fed capping himself with his Glock in front of a classroom of grade-schoolers.

How much was that due to the way our 'Pro' carried and drew down on those kiddos?

All of these examples, plus the one cited by 'Heidi', have the exact same thing in common, and it isn't the position from which the shooter drew his weapon and shot himself.

'Case closed.'

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