Originally posted by Marvin
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I haven't kept up on who said what, but modern SWAT teams and Special Forces teams have a point man, who walks in front with two hands on the gun viewing targets down line of sight directly in front (be it handgun or rifle) and other members behind walk with two hands on their gun, pointing downwards and towards the side to avoid the accidental chance of shooting something they don't intend to target (and to quickly lift their gun for targeting) and normally at the end have a tail person who looks mostly the other way and sweep views behind them while holding the gun in the same position as the point person. I know this because my friend is in our Armed Defenders Squad here and thats specifically what he told me is/should be standard clearing positions worldwide. If anyone wants to know why the hell I asked, we used him and some of his workmates for a short film a year or two back.
Armed Police are also supposedly told to not raise their gun in the air as well, but that probably doesn't stop some officers from running around with it pointed up in the air like idiots, but I'd still say the majority of them point their gun with 2 hands when needed. I'm sure all of this sort of stuff can be easily found for clarification online.
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