Training: Three ready positions every concealed carrier should know

By Eve Flanigan

The three positions; low ready, compressed ready, and sul. (Photo: Team HB)
Safe rangecraft includes knowing how to handle your unholstered pistol on the firing line. Beyond the range, competent use of ready positions enhances the gun-wielding person’s ability to navigate crowded or unknown situations.
This article covers three so-called ready positions that serve to keep shooters and those around them safe, as well as keeping the firearm poised for quick deployment. The names of ready positions used here are arbitrary; they’re the ones I use. Other instructors may call them other names. What’s important is mastery of their use. They’re presented here in the order that they’d be used in situations from relaxed to high intensity, with the understanding that context may dictate otherwise.
In these ready positions, the trigger finger should be kept straight and planted on the frame of the pistol.
Low ready shown here (Photo: Team HB)
 
1. Low Ready
With both hands on the gun in a firing grip, (see trigger finger advisory above), simply rest the upper arms on the chest. This is a relaxed position from which the gun can still be brought into action quickly.
Low ready is first ready position I teach even brand-new shooters. It precludes the

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