Important rules to follow during a handgun disarm

Any good self-defense capability or training programs should consist of how to disarm a handgun. Handgun disarms come in various flavors but it should be considered that you are familiar with both single and double handed shooters and the appropriate disarm for that shooting configuration. There are some other minor types of disarms that you might want to consider such as "a gang banger stance". I will basically have to leave that up to you and your instructor however you should cover these with your teacher. In addition hand gun disarms should be done from the front, the side, and the back.

Again in a quick recap of one of my other articles, the four rules of weapons disarms, are first clear angle of attack of the weapon, second control the weapon, third disarm the weapon, and for neutralize the attacker. In a handgun to disarm its extremely important that during the disarm you do not flag your self or anyone else. Flagging is passing the muzzle or the barrel of the weapon across someone, in such a way that if it accidentally discharged you would shoot that person. If you're on board an aircraft further precautions during your disarm should be not too flagged the passengers and more importantly if there was an accidental discharge you want it into the floor of the aircraft. However you end up with the weapon two critical things must occur next.

The next thing you must do is open the distance between you and the attacker. We do this for several reasons but first off if it was a handgun, a handgun is a long distance weapon, you want to make sure that he can't take it back from you. By opening the distance you help to also give yourself enough reaction time that if he were to come back at you could defend yourself.

The final thing you must do, if it's an automatic weapon, slap the magazine and then rack a around. This means to chamber another round to ensure that the weapon is loaded in what is known as a condition one weapon. If it is a rotary weapon, some old-timers would know them as wheel guns, or as we commonly refer to it today as a revolver, you just have to assume it is loaded and ready to go. Let's not forget that even if it wasn't loaded an empty handgun can make a very handy self defense tool similar to a self defense weapon for those who know what that is.

So in conclusion for your self defense education you need to understand how to disarm a handgun from various angles of attack plus from the various types of shooting stances. You must also learn to open the distance between you and the attacker after you have performed a handgun disarm. And finally you must chamber a round in the handgun if it's an automatic and if it's not then you just have to assume it's loaded and ready to go.

Master Peter Brusso

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