11Nov 03

Timely advice from a friend and LEO trainer:

"We did the Tueller Drill. We started with students at low ready and had would-be assailants run towards the back of the range. Students were able to aim and fire at paper targets well before the runner covered twenty feet. However, once we had thus bolstered everyone's confidence, we repeated the process with students drawing from concealment. Seeing students struggle to draw pistols through down, fleece, and other warm clothing was an eye opener for everyone. My fellow instructor tried it with me playing the part of the attacker. I managed to run completely out of the range before he could draw his weapon!

As winter descends on us, it pays to think about how we are going to draw, in a timely manner, from under our winter clothes."

Lesson: Our most dangerous enemy is denial. We must be careful not to con others and never to con ourselves. Self-deception is a killer!

/John