New Defensive Pistolcraft Newsletter

Jon Low has published a new Defensive Pistolcraft newsletter (link here). He always has lots of good links and commentary and this newsletter is no different. But I always try to highlight something that jumped out for one reason or another, so here goes:

• Jon cites a piece by the Tactical Professor, Claude Werner, entitled "Another Mistaken Identity Shooting and Killing" wherein a woman who had been receiving threats from her son, heard the proverbial "bump in the night", and shot blindly at someone she thought was an intruder, killing her roommate. Werner notes that from his own research, only 3% of those "bumps in the night" are intruders--the remainder are a family member, friend, "or some harmless dumbass". I would add "your cat" to the list. His point is: "Calling out 'WHO’S THERE' would save many a life. The concept that using a flashlight and/or issuing a verbal challenge will ‘draw the intruder’s fire’ is foolish and unsupportable."
• Jon has included links to several training videos at Make Ready on topics such as using a red dot on a pistol, dynamic dry fire training, shooting on the move, and carry optics for combative pistols. He also includes in the same section of his news letter a couple YouTube videos on active shooters and shooting on the move. 
• And Jon links to an article on shooting fundamentals, adding:

     Do not be overly concerned with reducing your wobble.  The surprise trigger break will take care of ensuring you get a good hit, no matter how much you wobble.  Yes, as a matter of fact it is magic.  Any sufficiently advanced technology will appear to be magic to the ignorant.  God's masterpiece of creation, the human, is extremely advanced technology; far beyond the comprehension of man and his silly medical science.  

     God tells us not to worry.  So, do not worry about your wobble.  Rather, believe that you are holding steady and that there is a gremlin down range moving your target around.  There is nothing you can do about that gremlin, so don't worry about it.  Just strive for your surprise break and shoot.