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By the way, here is a great way to start an argument. Ask your firearms training professional the following question: "If you are a right-handed shooter fir- ing from the left side of a barricade, do you switch hands to engage? If you are left-handed shooter firing from the right side of a barricade, do you switch hands?" For this drill, it's kind of interesting to see how shooters respond. Some fire- arms trainers will specifically teach not to switch hands. Others will leave it up to shooter preference. I was talking to my firearms instructor friend, who happens to be left-handed. I asked him if he would switch hands when going to a right-hand- ed barricade, shooting left. He told me if it was handgun, he would not switch. If it was a rifle, he would. When I ran this drill for the first time in a long time, I switched hands. I am a right-handed shooter and hardly practice with my left hand. I shot more accurately with my left hand. I found I could get more body behind cover when prone if I shot the left-handed side with the left hand. My trigger control was better with my right hand. What's the answer? Be consistent and train consistently. Regardless how the shooter responds, the goal is accuracy. Firearms trainers: do not accept anything but A-Zone hits for this drill. The other part of this topic is near and dear to my heart. After repeating this drill a few times, my heart rate had kicked up. I'm certain that my arms 43 www.officer.com June 2014 Law Enforcement Technology F I R E A R M S TA C T I C S Circle 36 on Reader Service Card LIGHTI G THE WAY 800.557.0098 | 308.278.3131 www.golight.com | info@golight.com A plastic, 50-gallon barrel is easy to maneuver around in barricade drills. . LET_40-45_FirearmsTactics0614.indd 43 5/20/14 1:47 PM