Did you ever do that when you were a kid?

Since you were little, haven't you always been able to point at whatever you wanted, or whatever you were looking at. And weren't you able to do it fast, automatically, and accurately?

And how many times have you done that since you were a kid?

Hundreds and hundreds, a thousand, thousands?

Think about it.

Said another way, have you ever - NOT - been able to do what comes naturally, and that is point fast, automatically, and accurately at what you were looking at?

Well, what you have been doing, is practicing Aimed Point Shooting or P&S, but without a gun.

To use P&S, you just place your index finger along the side of a gun, point at what you are looking at, and shoot using your middle finger.

Little or no training/practice is required. It is instinctive.

Just point-n-pull, point-n-pull, point-n-pull....

Now, everyone should know how to safely handle a gun, and you should know how to keep a gun from jumping out of your hand when you fire it (due to recoil). So if you don't, you should learn how.

As to aiming fast, automatically, and accurately at CQ distances, you already know how.

To shoot precise groups and/or shoot accurately beyond recognized handgun gunfight distances, you will need to learn the specific elements that are part and parcel of traditional rifle and handgun marksmanship such as: a proper grip, stance, body index, breathing control, trigger manipulation, and etc..

But and however, it is my belief that trying to exercise those unnatural and learned behaviors in a life or death CQ self defense situation, can interfere with or frustrate your doing what comes naturally, and may earn you a ticket to hell or the hospital. And such thinking is supported by CQ gunfight data, videos, the literature, and results of FOF training.

Further, and unlike marksmanship, P&S works great when a target is moving, or you are.

When using P&S, common sense is required. That is, if your index finger will be hit by the slide, or it will rest over the ejection port, then don't use it with that gun.

Also, there may not be enough room on the right side of a gun to allow you to place your finger along its side and below the slide, and also use your middle finger to pull the trigger. If that's the case, try using your left index finger to pull the trigger. That works for me.

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For those who know me via web forums, it may seem that I keep bringing up the same subject, again and again and again, just like a needle of record player which is stuck in a record grove, keeps repeating the information in that groove over and over again.

But the subject of Point Shooting also continues to be brought up on web forums, again and again and again.

And when it does, the same old arguments against it keep coming up, again, and again, and again.

It's like Point Shooting was never heard of before then.

On a positive note, Point Shooting is gaining recognition and unconditional acceptance for use in CQ situations, via the results of FOF training and the efforts of some trainers.

I expect that also will be the case with P&S once Point Shooting becomes the norm, and not the exception.

For the present, if and when I chime in on a thread and mention P&S, things can really come unglued, and in a real hurry.

Comments run from:

What? Are you crazy?

- to -

When pigs fly!

- to -

Your method is #%@&!

And so it goes in the so called polite society.

The one thing such comments do do (no pun intended), is to provide fuel for thought, reflection, and inspiration, which can result in articles like this one.

Suffice it to say that P&S does work, and just fine.

No theory. Fact.