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She has to walk across the parking lot at night after her classes at TCC.

I don't ask and she doesn't tell. In my opinion sometimes a man (or woman) has to make a decision to disobey man’s law when the law is unjust. Not allowing a lawful citizen to have the means to protect themselves and/or others is unjust. Also, my bible teaches “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s”. God gave my Granddaughter life – not the local government and she shouldn’t have to “render” her life or limb to a scumbag that try’s to harm her. But that just me – I don’t expect others to agree with me on the sanctity of life and the right for a person to defend themselves. We each have to make our own decisions and then live with the consequences. Semper Fi

While I was teaching my daughter how to shoot a Glock 33 with a CT Laser I sold her, I noticed she was trying to “hold” the laser dot on the target. After she shot 3-4 mags to let her get familiar with the gun, I suggested she not try to "hold" the dot on the target. I told her to squeeze the trigger when the dot came on target. She started grouping her shots inside the bull’s-eye and her forearm on her shooting arm did not quiver trying to hold the dot still. I also will be adding a laser on the Ruger LCP that I’m giving my Granddaughter. She is a very good shot with all of my handguns but I think the laser would be a good addition to the gun. She has to walk across the parking lot at night after her classes at TCC. I have taught her all the awareness techniques a young woman (or any woman for that matter) needs to know and I want to place most of the odds in her favor in case she has to defend herself. Using a laser is like any other method of shooting – practice, practice, practice. Semper Fi

I will not try to convince anyone about the advantages of a laser on a handgun. I will just express the reasons I added them to two of my carry weapons (Colt Combat Commander .45 & Glock 22 .40 cal and soon my Ruger LC9). As anyone who has been in a close quarter fire fight will tell you, you will have tunnel vision, your hearing will decrease and your fine muscle coordination will head south. Your eyes will be focused on the bad guy – most likely not on your sights. Since the red/green dot will be located on the target you will know when your gun is aligned on center mass. If you fire, the laser will allow you to re-acquire the target faster if a follow-up shot is needed. Also, you cannot be assured you will be standing upright in a perfect shooters stance when the stuff hits the fan. You might be lying on your back, on your side or one of many other positions. With iron sights can you be sure of your sight alignment in any one of those positions? If you are in your home and are standing behind the door frame (concealment) with just your gun hand and enough of your head to allow one eye to see the target with the laser dot on center mass, you will not be exposing a large portion of your body for the bad guy to shoot at if you are using a regular shooting stance with arm extended with head and eye aligned over your sights. This also applies to cover – brick wall, dumpster, car body – if any of these are available. And history shows that most self-defense shootings occur in low light or during darkness. My lasers did not improve my accuracy that much when shooting at the range but they can reveal any bad habits a shooter might have. Jerking the trigger, limp wristing, too much of the trigger finger on the trigger, etc. There have been a few reports of when the bad guy saw the laser dot dancing on his chest, he thought he heard his mama calling him and he had to go home. Just a few reasons why I added them to my handguns. And as I told a friend when he said the laser cost about half of what he paid for this gun, I suggested to him that he wasn’t investing in his gun – he was investing in his life. He bought the laser. Semper Fi