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rp_photo wrote:

Excaliber wrote: Another reason not to give a detailed statement immediately after an incident is that the effects of life threatening stress include perceptual distortions of time and distance, vision and hearing. For example, you may think you only fired 2 rounds, but investigation may show you emptied the magazine.

If you speak under these circumstances and give what you believe to be the truth at that time, it may well contradict physical evidence at the scene and the discrepancies can be used to discredit you and make you look guilty.

Your memory of the events will sharpen and fill in after at least 24 hours and one rest (sleep) cycle. You will be much better able to give an accurate account at that time.

One would think that law enforcement would be aware of this and take it into account.

Some are, some aren't - don't count on it.

Remember their job is to gather information for the investigation and they will collect as much as they can as quickly as they can. If you say things that are detrimental to your status as a victim, even though you were under the influence of the effects of a life threatening encounter at the time and spoke what you believed to be true at that moment, that will get collected too and can cause major issues down the line.

TLE2 wrote:I've seen a lot of questions about the re-holstering issue, That appears to be definitive.

Charles Cotton says approximately the same thing in his class. He added that because your adrenaline is still pumping, your ears are ringing from the event, you need to give the basic information on the scene and then, after you've had time to calm down to a steady state, and consult your attorney, you can then talk more calmly about the incident. (These are all my words, in recollection of what I remember Charles saying. And that was a while ago.).

Another reason not to give a detailed statement immediately after an incident is that the effects of life threatening stress include perceptual distortions of time and distance, vision and hearing. For example, you may think you only fired 2 rounds, but investigation may show you emptied the magazine.

If you speak under these circumstances and give what you believe to be the truth at that time, it may well contradict physical evidence at the scene and the discrepancies can be used to discredit you and make you look guilty.

Your memory of the events will sharpen and fill in after at least 24 hours and one rest (sleep) cycle. You will be much better able to give an accurate account at that time.

WildBill wrote:A good video. One thing that I would like to emphasize is Ayoob's comment about "one handed reholstering by feel".

During some of the holster discussions, I have always recommended a stiff holster that doesn't collapse when the gun is removed from it. This is good illustration of why I don't like holsters constructed from flimsy materials.

This is an important point. All my holsters stay open for easy, fumble free one handed reholstering.