A trained gunfighter would never voluntarily walk into a gun fight carrying just a handgun. ”You carry a handgun to fight your way to a long gun.” Stop showing gunfighters getting out of their cars to go after an armed opponent without grabbing the shotgun or rifle they would almost surely carry in the trunk.


A trained gunfighter does not hold his gun out with straight arms like he’s doing a basic target qualification when stalking or in close quarters. Any fighter caught in that pose deserves to have his gun grabbed or his arms broken by a swift whack from an opponent on his periphery. and note that it is not any less photogenic!


The combat ready position does not involve pointing a handgun at the ground with arms locked straight. If it’s out of a holster then the handgun is pointed wherever the gunfighter most expects