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Your Support Foot is placed in front of your Strong Foot,
about shoulder-width apart. Your legs are slightly bent at the knee to evenly
distribute your body weight over each foot for balance and mobility. Your
firearm is turned away from a subject. Survival Gap is between 4 to 6 feet so
there is enough time to react to danger or move out of its way.
Lesson and Minimum Acceptable Performance Standard
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Your Support Foot is placed in front of your Strong Foot about a
shoulder-width apart. Your legs are slightly bent at the knee to evenly
distribute your body weight on each leg.
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Your Strong-Side should be turned so your firearm is out of range of a
person's grab for it.
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Your Support Hand and Strong Hand should be chest level in order to defend
quickly against a person's sudden attack.
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You should be 4 to 6 feet away from the person being interviewed. This
distance gives you a precious moment to react to any overt threat made by
that person. This distance of 4 to 6 feet might well be called your survival
gap because without it you may not have time enough to defend yourself.
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You may not always have the ability to stand 4 to 6 feet away from someone
and if that is the case, you will have to be even more alert to what the
person is doing or preparing to do. Be ready to move and move fast when it
happens; you may not get a second chance to respond.
Important Safety Tips
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Do not stand face-to-face to a person because you are exposing your vital
areas such as your groin or your firearm to that person. Turn your
Strong-Side away, at about a 45 degree angle, to create the smallest surface
area for a person to attack and the greatest distance from that person's
hands to your firearm. This is often called blading your body.
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Do not stare into a person's eyes since you might become fixated on their
eyes and forget about the true threats...the person's hands, elbows, knees,
and feet. You want a whole body view so you can counter an attack, should it
come.
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Do not place your hands in your pockets or at your side. You will not be
able to react in time if a person decides to attack you when your arms are
down.
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Keep your options open in any confrontation. Do not paint yourself into a
corner. Stay alert.
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