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Do not dry fire at TVs, computer screens, light switches, photos of MIL, etc.
Universal firearm safety rule #2 is "NEVER POINT A GUN AT ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY."
It doesn't have any exceptions for dry fire practice or "it's OK, the gun isn't loaded" times.

Since dryfire is a serious physical training technique that we use to increase our skill with a deadly weapon, we need to be serious and conscientious when we do it.

If you want to practice dryfire at home, first find a safe backstop. It may be a fireplace, an exterior wall with brick or stone, a large filled book case, whatever will contain a bullet if one gets fired. Set up your targets on your safe backstop, put all live ammo in a separate room, triple check your gun and mags for live ammo and start doing drills.

Here is good printable IDPA target
http://www.tgscom.com/images/sharedimag ... Q/idpa.pdf

I heartily recommend the dry fire drills in Steve Anderson's book, Refinement and Repetition. The drills are mostly designed for USPSA but work great for IDPA. If you don't have a timer, you can use a web based timer from Matt Burkett's web site.
http://www.mattburkett.com/flashfiles/dryfiredraw.html
Turn up the sound on your computer and set the par time for your drill. Do NOT aim at the targets on the computer screen (rule #2)

Do not allow any interruptions. If the phone rings or the Avon lady stops by, let them hang. If you DO get interrupted, go through your safety checks again when you start dryfireing again.

Finally, when you are finished practicing dryfire, take down your targets, put away your gear and resist any temptation to do "just one more time" dryfire. When you are done, you are DONE.
You have to have a hard line delineating between dryfire practice (It's OK to pull this trigger while practicing) and normal walking around CHL time (This gun is loaded hot and ready to shoot). There have been tragic accidents and deaths from "just one more time" dryfire practice.


Gringop