[New] TACTICAL FIREARMS

the clients are briefed to move to safety as you deal with the threat. If you are working with another person, then one person can move the client as the other engages the threat. For more on professional distance etc. read my article “BodyCover & Professional Distance”.

So, in this scenario within a large conference room you could have to engage a threat at distance. I will talk about the issue of shooting bystanders at the end of this section.

Residential Security Many wealthy people live in large houses with large gardens and grounds. In a perfect world a carbine would be idea for estate security but as I stated earlier due to legal restrictions private security personnel are usually restricted to pistols and shotguns. Would it make sense for a Close Protection and Residential Security Team team working with a client who spends time on a large property to be able to accurately shoot a pistol to 100 meters and more, of course it would! In such scenarios of targeted home invasions or kidnapping attempts we cannot predict the distances of confrontations and must be able to deal with all situations at all applicable distances.

Hostile Environments

If you're in semi-rural or rural environments being able to reach out with your firearms is essential, if you only have a pistol, then you better be able to shoot past 25 meters with it. Simple scenario, your vehicle gets a flat tire in a rural area, and you draw the attention of unfriendly locals. Do you put warning or suppressive shots on them at distance or pick your nose and wait for them to get within the distance you did your security guard firearms qualification at before engaging them. Suppressing fire can be used to deter hostiles from chasing you or at least slow them down as you try to escape.

Vehicle Ambush

Every Close Protection course should at least discuss and usually practice vehicle ambush drills and the transfer drill. On armed courses the students are meant to engage the hostiles while the client is evacuated. In such scenarios the ambushers could be over 100 meters away, so again if you are armed with a pistol will you sit there and pick your nose or put suppressing fire on the bad guys? Common fucking sense really, right?

Innocent Bystanders

Firstly, in my opinion, no one is fucking innocent, that’s just a fact of life… One question being asked is what if you shoot an innocent bystander? If you look at how many bystanders are shot in police involved shooting in the US, you