CCW holsters.

[Adam Helmer]

Gil,

I saw that video. After 10 years training 100 feds a year on the range, I saw all levels of skills/situational awareness.

As for the classroom casuality, I would say the agent exhibited POOR Judgement by taking a loaded handgun into a classroom. He may have had "stage fright" or merely a brain bleep.

I maintain a holster that covers the trigger will increase your safety and especially that of any newbies you instruct. You need "student proof" holsters. You can tell novices many times about safety and they cannot process all the information at once. Last year I was checking a guy out on his M1911A1 pistol at the bench. I explained when he inserted a new magazine to keep the gun pointed down range and finger off the trigger. He got it half right! The gun was down range when he slammed in a loaded magazine and pulled the slide. His finger was in the trigger guard and the pistol fired to his TOTAL surprise!

Training is trumped by Murphy's Law everytime. I know a life-long butcher in Souderton, PA who has had more stitches/casts on his hands/fingers than I can recall.

Adam