You Absolutely Need Empty Handed Skills to Get Your Gun in the Fight
This video from Active Self Protection, featuring John Correia, emphasizes the critical need for empty-handed skills to effectively deploy a firearm in a self-defense scenario. Correia, an expert in video analysis and tactical training, breaks down a real-world ambush, highlighting how the victim's failure to use defensive hand techniques led to him being overwhelmed. The core lesson is that a weapon is a 'force multiplier' only if you can create the space and time to use it, which requires basic combative abilities to 'earn the draw'.











