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Gunfight Shooting Positions: Tactics for Cars, Cover and More
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ChanceMcCall
Custom
Interesting. There was a time (sigh) when all these positions and more were regularly practiced. Even shooting out of a moving car was a regular thing years ago when that sort of thing was still acceptable. 
Today there is no rolling around and not much running. Pretty soon it will be practicing with walkers and wheel chairs.
Today there is no rolling around and not much running. Pretty soon it will be practicing with walkers and wheel chairs.
The Night Rider
Professional
I'm pretty sure by the time I'm on the ground the fight is going to be over
HayesGreener
Ronin
Moving for cover is good. Exiting the kill zone with cover is better. If you have to go to the ground for cover, so be it. But I do not recommend any position that takes away your mobility if you can avoid it. Most gunfights will be over in 3 seconds
Talyn
SAINT
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The Night Rider
Professional
I've never participated in a gun fight. I have been in the wrong place at the wrong time when somebody else started a gunfight four times in my life. And really those were just shooting incidents because it was only one person with a gun and nobody else was shooting back.
The last time it happened I was putting my stuff in my car getting ready to go to work when somebody at the end of the parking lot started shooting. I actually remember thinking to duck down behind the engine block of the car rather than the trunk.
By the time I was behind cover and had my gun out it was over. And to this day I still don't know who for sure who was shooting.
I was putting my stuff in my car getting ready to go to work. Somebody little skinny dude in a white hoodie and a scream mask came walking through my parking lot at 11:00.
I saw him I don't know if he saw me. He walked through the parking lot, behind the dumpster and into the alley. Because he was wearing that white hoodie I could see him messing around with a gate back in the alley.
I'm pretty sure I wasn't looking at him when it happened but somebody started shooting. As I said I ducked down behind the engine block actually it wasn't my car it was the car next to mine and I pulled out my gun. I saw the guy come back to the parking lot and he was backing up with his hands out in front of him and clearly empty.
I think he must have been very close to whoever was doing the shooting because I was not more than 10 ft away from him screaming at him "Are you okay? have you been shot?" and he acted like I wasn't even there. I remember at one point he looked at me in my security guard uniform and raised his hands but he kept backing away from me.
I was a security guard not a cop. To this day I don't know for sure what happened. I did not see a gun in that man's hands. I did not approach him other than to ask if he was okay and I made no attempt to take him into custody.
I called the police, I made a report I told them exactly what I said and I went to work. Even then when my employer found out that I had drawn my gun they almost fired me.
The last time it happened I was putting my stuff in my car getting ready to go to work when somebody at the end of the parking lot started shooting. I actually remember thinking to duck down behind the engine block of the car rather than the trunk.
By the time I was behind cover and had my gun out it was over. And to this day I still don't know who for sure who was shooting.
I was putting my stuff in my car getting ready to go to work. Somebody little skinny dude in a white hoodie and a scream mask came walking through my parking lot at 11:00.
I saw him I don't know if he saw me. He walked through the parking lot, behind the dumpster and into the alley. Because he was wearing that white hoodie I could see him messing around with a gate back in the alley.
I'm pretty sure I wasn't looking at him when it happened but somebody started shooting. As I said I ducked down behind the engine block actually it wasn't my car it was the car next to mine and I pulled out my gun. I saw the guy come back to the parking lot and he was backing up with his hands out in front of him and clearly empty.
I think he must have been very close to whoever was doing the shooting because I was not more than 10 ft away from him screaming at him "Are you okay? have you been shot?" and he acted like I wasn't even there. I remember at one point he looked at me in my security guard uniform and raised his hands but he kept backing away from me.
I was a security guard not a cop. To this day I don't know for sure what happened. I did not see a gun in that man's hands. I did not approach him other than to ask if he was okay and I made no attempt to take him into custody.
I called the police, I made a report I told them exactly what I said and I went to work. Even then when my employer found out that I had drawn my gun they almost fired me.
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