Lazar sights – Night self-defense
offers some problems when using a Laser sight. Yes, you will hit what you are aiming
at but your laser sight offers a target for your opponent to aim at. You are
best served by a laser switch which lets you turn on the laser when you have
your gun already pointed at your opponent. Push the button and fire.
Gun Flashlights- Flashlights offer
your opponent an advantage as he can indiscriminately pepper the place where
the light is coming from with indiscriminately shots keeping himself in the
shadows. For a dollar or two buy a LED high powered flash light. Turn it on and
from a secure position role it in the middle of the room with your opposition
He will now be illuminated and you can stay in the shadow.
Red Dot Sights – These are particularly
helpful as no laser is being used no origin of light is being sees by your opponent
back to you and no matter what if the
dot is on your opponent (if the scope was properly sighted in) you will hit him.
AR Flattop Platform – Do not get
me wrong these are fine guns but if there was a war parts get lost. People drop
things, and there will be no replacing them. If your batteries are dead and
your sight system is down you can only offer approximate shots. I think the
military style A2 upper offers the best platform. On the A2 carry handle you
can install a top rail with a single finger nut and run your read dot scope and
it works fine. In a stress situation if your scope gets damaged you will still
have your iron sights If you have the clip on A2 upper carry handle for your flattop
and get separated from it you will have nothing at all.
Overkill on scopes—people many times
do not know the limitations of the gun they own. The gun barrel length, gun barrel
condition, shortcomings of the ammo, etc. can be factors in determining whether
or not to put a scope on a gun. For example if a gun barrel is worn from years
of use a scope will not improve gun accuracy you might as well get a brass lamp
and rub it and wish for the gun to shoot better. Some old gun whose barrel is pristine
and is extremely accurate using the iron sights is a different story and would
well merit a scope. Short barrel guns and
guns that shoot pistol ammo should not
be considered as a scoped gun. The exceptions is guns where the scope matches
the maximum accurate range or the weapon like read dot scopes on an AR M4 16
inch barrel carbine. To tack on a high powered scope would be foolish yet I
have seen it done.
Richard W Norman Author of American Handbook on Guns Ammo and Freedom 
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