Safety ON! Gotta protect the dogs!
Exact same here. It’s much easier for long guns shooting left handed. Pistols I am about the same either hand (though no good at either). Once I switched from shooting RH to LH after my hunter ed course as a teen I got way more accurate in an instant.
The only thing I dislike is some semi-autos kick the cartridge to far backwards on the eject to the right and it will smack me in the forehead.
Also, my dad made me learn to get sub 1-inch groups at a 100 yds before he let me put a scope on my hunting rifle. Definitely taught some skills through practice on that one.
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You too!? We’re basically twins now. haha
I remember one of my instructors saying something about the accuracy thing. Hopefully I don’t butcher this, but the reason a right handed shooter can be more accurate with the left hand is because they’re not over-gripping the gun.
But it’s weird how different instructors have different grip recommendations and techniques.
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My support arm did get tired and even still to this day it does to some degree. At best I get to the range once a month, which could be why. Maybe I need to do some neutral grip DB raises with a hold at the top to help develop that. I have a sling on all of my rifles which helps.
For your issue with the safety, it could be the switch itself. One of my rifles has a very flat faced safety switch and it’s stiff as hell, which makes it difficult at times. My others are simple. If that’s the case with yours, you may consider getting a Radian ambidextrous safety or something that has a little more surface area for you. Also, I found practicing with presentation drills from low-ready or high-compressed or low-compressed to presentation → safety off → shoot one shot → safety off → low ready / high compressed / low compressed. Just do that to train going from presentation to firing position and ready to fire. It’s something you can do at home in a safe room with no ammo in the rifle too.
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This is a typical street shootout. Notice the lack of training and gun handling abilities. If you are ever caught up in something like this, think cover and move. Bad guys do spray and pray and not accuracy. This is the most common technique from the untrained and it is used everywhere. Train your basics until you are a master of your firearm. Always think cover and exfil, whenever you are on the street or in the public area.
As a side note, it appears the predator on the right has an optic on his pistol, unusual for street scum. 5 children and one adult were shot. 28 rounds were fired. Put yourself on the X and think about how and what you would have done.
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An army vet told me that people who are new to shooting rifles will tense up more than necessary, so our support arm will fatigue a lot faster than it does for the more experienced shooters.
Here’s my theory though: if you have a lot of muscle to tense up in the first place, you’re probably going to fatigue a lot faster than someone who’s kinda untrained muscle-wise. We’re flexing/contracting more fibers than everyone else.
So just stop being so muscular! 
But seriously, next time you shoot (and this is a note to myself too) try to loosen up a bit and only use as much muscle tension as necessary. Hard to do!
It definitely seems that way. We could change it out, but we don’t practice often enough. Ammo is so dang expensive, and rifle training is fun but also a little stressful. I have to work myself up for it.
I need to do this! Thank you for all the great ideas and recommendations!!
Definitely not - fractions of seconds can be the difference between life and death.
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That is definitely wifey material for me.
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Wow. This explains why so many innocent people get shot on accident.
Awesome advice.
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Me too. And I’m straight. Or I was.
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Dave is one of the best in the business. Read at least twice.
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SO GOOD. Thank you for sharing it!
Just some basics:
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@idaho I wanted to get your opinion on this because I’m torn. A lot of self defense experts tell women to do exactly what this young mother did, but 90% of the internet says she was in the wrong and overreacted.
Was her reaction appropriate, and if not, what should she have done?
Should women override their fear in order to avoid being a “Karen”?
If I may…
Thats a tough call. No one else saw what she saw. But he did try to communicate from a safe distance. All things considered- no harm/no foul. Just glad she doesn’t carry.
Had it been me in the parking lot walking toward a woman, whether by chance or design, I would just give her wide berth and continue about my business.
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Yes please! The more conversation, the better.
True. If he stood at 30 feet away and said what was on his mind, that’d be one thing. But if he kept moving toward her while was trying to keep a safe distance, that’s a very different situation.
My step daughter had a scary parking lot situation a few years ago with a man who was aggressive and manipulative. I don’t recall the details but it gave me the chills. She’s lucky to have gotten away. She did file a police report shortly after it happened. No TikTok video though.
This seems like the right thing to do. I think it’s sketchy that he got mad instead of telling her from a distance what he wanted to say. If his intentions were innocent, wouldn’t he have immediately just stepped away?
If he was trying to be helpful, he could’ve stated from a distance, “you dropped that thing back there” or “your tire is flat” but that didn’t seem to be the case. He wanted to get closer.
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Yikes! Glad she did!
There’s the thing too. With guys it is different. If a woman or two approached and tried to abduct a guy, he probably wouldn’t mind. Like catching a stray dog by opening the door and saying “Go for a ride!”.
With women the stakes are much higher.
I give my key fob a courtesy boop at night when I’m approaching my car and other people, often women, at the grocery store so they get a heads up that I’m just parked next to them.
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I’m ok with what she did. I know women who have had creepy stuff happen to them in parking lots and used to escort female co-workers to their cars all of the time.
If I had a reason to approach the woman in this video and she reacted that way, I wouldn’t be butt hurt, I would walk away, and appreciate the fact that this woman takes her safety and the safety of her child seriously. Maybe she’s wound a little tight, but not my problem.
Casually Greg can go fuck his mother.
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What i notice is it’s day time in what looks like a semi busy parking lot ( cars driving in the background) … context matters … i don’t think the right response is to ridicule her though (which is what is being suggested in the op) but i do think from the evidence available she is overreacting in this specific case.
On the other hand i do not have ALL of the evidence which is why she shouldn’t be ridiculed or w/e … plus she was with her son so … judging by her looks and perceived age ( in guessing late 20s) id assume her kid is 6 or younger and i understand she would want to protect him and herself … still think she overreacted given time of day, active parking lot, distance guy was from her, etc but if i had been the guy i would have understood her reaction, apologized for disturbing her and went on my way…