{"id":6236,"date":"2020-04-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=6236"},"modified":"2020-04-20T11:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:00:19","slug":"safe-dry-fire-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/safe-dry-fire-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"SAFE DRY FIRE PRACTICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Steve Camp&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ravelingroup.com\/product-category\/safe-direction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Safe Direction (opens in a new tab)\">Safe Direction<\/a> ballistic pad is a handy thing to have.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In our last\nsegment, we talked about some options for \u201ctrigger time\u201d if the coronavirus\nshutdown has kept you from getting to a shooting range.&nbsp; Dry-fire \u2013 \u201cclicking the empty gun\u201d \u2013 is\nalways useful practice.&nbsp; Obviously,\nthough, it must be done safely: it involves pulling the trigger on a lethal\nweapon in your own home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a PSA, here are the rules we give our students for that at my school (<a href=\"http:\/\/massadayoobgroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/massadayoobgroup.com<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020_04_20_02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Densely packed bookshelf makes a good dry-fire backstop. 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