Law Enforcement Part 2
I would like to say that I received some really great feed back from people on my first Law Enforcement article. And from new students after reading it they wanted to see just how to stop someone from taking a gun from them at close range, after they have grabbed it with both hands.
My regular students really enjoy seeing me demonstrate my close quarter street combat skills. It is this combat ability that people I teach and have taught most desire to have. Okay, back to what you should do if a bigger and stronger person suddenly grabs your gun with both hands and tries to pull it away from you.
First, I would like to point out that I have a CCW and carry a side arm 98% of the time. It was my gun instructor that drilled into me that all good people who can carry a gun, should, because if someone ever polls one out in a public place. Having your gun on you could be the difference between life or death for you and anyone else in the area.
Now that I’ve covered that, let’s get back to the last time I freely gave one of my best students a chance to take a weapon away from me. Let me point out that I’m 5’8 and 46 years old and he is 6’5 and half my age.
So in front of a small group class I told him to really try to grab the weapon. When he grabbed it and tried to pull it away the first thing I did is grabbed the top of both of his hands. Most people will do this instinctively. Second, with my killer instinct turned on full speed, I attacked his face with controlled head butts and in between them a verity of knees to the groin mixed with elbow and shoulder shots to the chest and arms, again mixed with shin and foot stomps! Even with his superior size and strength he and the others were shocked at how relentless and merciless my application of tactics was. Even with light contact to the body, arms, and legs I left no question to anyone present that had I used realistic contact, he would have been taken out very quickly. Ending his attempt to take my weapon away!
If a person is able to get your weapon he would have the ability to use it against you or anyone else around. That makes it a life and death situation that an officer must quickly end at all costs.
After that I find the most common question I’m asked is the same one asked by every law enforcement officer I’ve ever worked with: Why isn’t this taught to all officers? You see, 95% of every gun defense I and everyone I know has seen is two people trying to, under controlled training, to twist the gun from the other persons hands with fancy disarms and very little else besides some controlling maneuvers!
What I tell people is what they have seen is what we refer to as a naked drill. When you first learn something you isolate it and practice it until you can do it in a controlled environment. Most systems get people good at this and they call it a day. In the R.A.T. system it’s only the beginning stage. You train until you have the ability to attack simultaneously with any tool you have at any range, weather at high, medium, or low.
Once you learn the proper way to attack with all of your tools, all out you will be shocked at just how natural you become at it. This is what all Law Enforcement Officers should stride for, the ability to use their whole body as a lethal weapon only if need be.
In conclusion, I will say again that I could write a whole book on this subject and on the R.A.T. system. The main thing I wanted to point out is that if you at least train once a week you will begin to develop skills that could save your life and the lives of others around you in case something bad happened. So, try it and I think you’ll be shocked at how good you will become.
