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bmwrdr wrote:I have a decent illuminator but it is not mounted anywhere. In my opinion a gun mounted light is only practical on a gun designated for use at home only, not for carry. I agree with safety conscious minds and do not prefer a light on my gun but one readily available when I need it.

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Please explain underlined area above. I carry my G19 with a rail mounted TLR-1 daily, there is nothing impractical about it.

The vast majority of violent crimes occur in the dark. I'd say it's very practical to carry with a light.

While I understand the concern of giving away your position, you should go to a pitch black environment and try shooting accurately at 10 yards while holding a flashlight with your support hand. Now add the stress of it being an actual deadly encounter.

This is extremely difficult to do well, even for people that train often. I can guarantee the results of the above experiment will be eye opening at the very least.

I use a Streamlight TLR-1 on my EDC and a TLR-2 (with laser) on my bedside weapon. The HL versions are too powerful for indoor use, they will blind you in confined spaces.

The training technique we use to diminish the effect of giving your position away is to only activate the light when on your threat, assess the situation and fire if needed, follow through to ensure the threat is stopped, and turn the light off while shifting your position to move from where you fired the light. This is done quickly and will greatly diminish the fact that you gave away your position with the light.