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How to hold a gun
Kuildeous:
Theatre help: Seeking tips on how to portray a homeowner who owns a handgun. Need advice for how he would carry himself when a) approaching his door where someone is screaming for help and b) talking with someone who isn't threatening while still holding the gun.
Kuildeous:
As an added challenge, I'll be holding a baseball bat in my other hand. There are a couple of moments where I need a free hand, so I tuck the bat up under my arm, but mostly I won't have a free hand.
Awaclus:
If it was me holding the gun in those situations, I would always point the gun at the floor/ground but nowhere near my own feet and keep my finger off the trigger at all times (assuming the guy never actually shoots). I think this much should be pretty obvious to any gun owner to the extent that they do it automatically without even having to think about it, even under stress. I guess it's pretty standard in fiction for people to point guns at other people in order to intimidate them even when they're not planning to actually shoot because it looks very dramatic, but it's worth keeping in mind that a really small mistake on the part of the gun owner or just the gun malfunctioning in some rare cases could kill someone, so people are more reluctant to do that IRL than you might think.
In scenario a), I would remove the safety and load the gun before opening the door, and turn the gun where I'm turning my head so that I'm ready to react to anything I see (but still keep it pointed at the floor). Depending on the environment and what I expected to face, I might crouch or crawl but that's probably not necessary since I would have to reveal my being there by opening the door anyway and I would be a trivial-to-hit target at such a close range even if I made myself a little smaller that way. In scenario b), which presumably comes immediately after scenario a), I would turn the safety back on and stop worrying about whether I look in the direction where I'm pointing the gun, but still make sure I'm pointing it at the floor and not at anyone's feet. If I was running or otherwise not able to control the gun as well as I would like, I would turn the safety on for as long as that continued to be the case.
I don't know much about the shooting stance and hand positioning and such for handguns though, I've only ever shot assault rifles and anti-tank rockets and a heavy machine gun.
schadd:
put it in your mouth and keep your tongue on the trigger
2.71828.....:
To properly utilize either the baseball bat or a hand gun as a weapon you really want to use two hands. Holding a baseball bat and the gun at the same time really just reduces the effectiveness of both items. Do you need the threat of using the gun or will the scene require you to shoot? If you are able to, I would consider holstering the gun and holding just the bat with two hands. Or keeping the bat in arms reach and holding the gun with two hands.
Either way you will want to be standing in any athletic pose, one foot slightly in front of the other with your knees bent. Which foot is in front will depend on your dominant arm/eye. As you approach the door, you will want to maintain this pose, always ready to react/engage a target.
You would never approach the door too quickly or erratically, but in a controlled, "smooth" way. In situation B I would definitely holster the weapon if possible, otherwise just keep both hands on the gun pointed away from people.
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