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A friend of mine has a Glock 36 with a guide rod laser.

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I can't wait for a an X300 sized LEP "pointer"

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xRR9F8jgwFI/maxresdefault.jpg

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Tasers also have built in lasers, IIRC.

I'd have to imagine that has - for some, anyways - a "maybe I should quit fucking around" effect.

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A visible laser is good for shooting from under a table while seated, and very few other situations where the sights can’t be used.

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One night, many moons ago, my TLR2 saved a lot of headaches as I closed with a threat.
As he watched the laser dot slide up the hood of the vehicle and come to rest on his chest, he threw the pistol out the open car door (he was in the driver seat), raised his hands, and began screaming "I AIN'T GOT NO GUN!"

Ahhhh.  Good times.



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Local cops used to have them on their Sig P220ST. I asked about their effectiveness. They said it helped a few times in a few situations where a glowing red dot on someone’s chest got an individual to rethink the next actions they were preparing for and those subjects changed their minds prior to a loud noise coming from the same P220ST.

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They suck, are slow to acquire and who looks at their own chest to see if a gun is pointed at them?

Fun for the cats if you can keep your finger off the trigger though.

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True.

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" A convict with a laser dot on his chest is no longer a part of a crowd."--
Alabama Corrections Officer

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Cool. How do you clear a blind corner on a short room off a cramped hallway?

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I have a few and they have their place.

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30+ years ago there was an article in the newspaper where my neighbor was arrested in the McDonald’s parking lot with bricks of cocaine. A few nights later his house got raided. I could see them ripping up all of the insulation in his attic through the gable vent, I could hear them tossing his woodpile in the basement. I guess they generally ransacked the place.

He never did any jail time beyond a week I believe but a nice guy arrived with a Rolls Royce limo and driver about 3 months later. He was inside my neighbors house for about 3 hours before leaving.

He then ventured into flipping pallets. Pick up trailer loads of cracked pallets, repair them as needed and take them out to resell. The trailer would be stacked just under 16 foot high. He ended up having two workers that helped him with the carpentry repairs on the pallets. Stated he cleared $110k in cash two years in a row doing that. No idea where the money went because he lived in absolute squalor.

Fast forward about 5 years I had this super bright laser pointer and I shined it through his front picture window while he was asleep watching Tv in his chair. Took a bit to wake him up by flipping the red beam past his face. When he did come to, I moved the laser to the center of his chest. He sat for about 5 seconds looking at it before jumping up to turn off all of the lights ad Tv. So I shut off the laser and watched. I was in the shadows but could see his face in the moonlight looking out various windows of his house.

About 10 years later I was bullshitting with him when I bought his dads rifle from him. I came clean about the laser and he was relieved it was me. He lived all that time looking over his shoulder thinking the coke guy was going to come back for him. He eventually ended up dead of a heart attack on the side of the road while picking up firewood.