Winning a High-Speed, Close-Distance Gunfight
Publisher: Paladin Press
Published: Jul 21, 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, Colorado
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781581606911
First sentence: It is the responsibility of the shooter/reader to safely handle all firearms at all times. Due to the inherent dangers associated with the use of firearms, it is the responsibility of the shooter/reader to seek professional training from qualified instructors in order to ensure that the shooter/reader can safely handle firearms and demonstrate proficiency in their use.
Description: A firearms training program geared for the high-speed, close-distance conditions of a real gunfight needs to be about fighting, not just shooting. Former U.S. Marine and California Highway Patrol veteran Lou Chiodo recognizes this fact, and Winning a High-Speed, Close-Distance Gunfight outlines the fundamentals of his reality-based program – one that enjoys one of the highest police officer survival ratings in the country.
During his police service, Chiodo realized that standard firearm qualification courses do not prepare officers to face the high-stress environment that they experience in real gunfights – multiple-round, rapid-fire engagements at danger-close distances, often in low light. He studied survival stress and confrontation dynamics from all angles and used his findings to develop the training methods outlined in this book. Through innovative ranges and drills that replicate the conditions of actual street engagements, along with a radical but surprisingly simple retooling of firearm qualification courses, Chiodo shows how you can achieve true combat accuracy when the bullets are flying for real.
Whether you are a police officer, firearms instructor or armed citizen, Winning a High-Speed, Close-Distance Gunfight will help you evaluate your present program and adopt useful training methods to prepare for real-life armed confrontations. Read this valuable book and start training to fight, not just to shoot.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Title Page; title: Contents; title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: PART I; title: Chapter 1; title: Chapter 2; title: Chapter 3; title: Chapter 4; title: PART II; title: Chapter 5; title: Chapter 6; title: Chapter 7; title: Chapter 8; title: Chapter 9; title: Chapter 10; title: Chapter 11; title: Chapter 12; title: About the Author