Self-Defense Tip: Shoot Through Concealment

By Robert Farago

TV cops often hide behind car doors during gunfights. That’s about as effective as hiding behind a quarter pound of thinly-sliced Havarti. Out in the real world, YouTube is lousy with convenience store gunfighters who engage from behind racks of potato chips. Inspector — I mean Instructor Zero and Dirty Harry get it right: don’t forget you can fire through objects to stop a threat. (Quite why Zero would use a SMART car to make the point is anyone’s guess.) And remember: your adversary can do the same thing, too. So know the difference between cover (they can’t shoot you) and concealment (they can’t see you).

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