A threat can occur anytime and anywhere, including in your own home.
Do you have a plan in the event that you have to deal with an intruder in your home?
In fact, you should actively avoid it if at all possible and call the authorities.
However, there may be a time that by necessity you must clear your own home.
Law enforcement and the military train continuously for clearing structures.
However, the training is about more than proper gun handling and technically choreographed movements.
Dont misunderstand me, I am all about the aforementioned skills after all I am a firearms instructor.
But there is a third and more-important piece that is often neglected and taken for granted the mental component.
For example, after arriving home from work you noticed your front door had been kicked in.
Immediately you think you have been burglarized.
You and your family were not home, so worst case scenario is some of your property was stolen.
However, there is the potential that the suspect(s) could still be inside.
Here, there is not any real urgency.
For example, you hear a struggle and screams for help in the room where your child is.
Now the level of urgency is high, as you know something is wrong for sure.
Your response may be to race to the room where your child is.
You are initially less concerned about looking for people in the rest of the house.
Medium Urgency
Things get even more complicated when the urgency is somewhere in between high and low.
These are the types of scenarios that generally get people in trouble.
As you start clearing the house, you also need gather more information about what is actually happening.
Part of this process will inevitably include running different scenarios through your mind.
That includes your kids rooms and anyone else who may be in the house.
We must base our decision on what weactuallysee.
Making the proper decision is the most important component.
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