{"id":190788,"date":"2023-07-30T01:11:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T05:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=150511"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:32:30","slug":"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights and Lasers for CCW?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">7<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0731-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" class=\"wp-image-151599\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0731-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0731-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0731-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0731-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0731-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0731-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Springfield Emissary with Crimson Trace Rail Master Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A good way to start a fight amongst your friends is to bring up the subject of lights and lasers for concealed carry guns. Opinions run strong on this one, and they are all over the map. Some will tell you lasers build bad habits, and you should never have one. Some will tell you lights get in the way on a CCW piece, and you shouldn\u2019t use one anyway. And some will just tell you that if <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/john-moses-brownings-old-school-humpback-auto-5s\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2508\">John Moses Browning<\/a> intended you to have a laser and light, he would have built one back in 1910.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0156-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" class=\"wp-image-151600\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0156-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0156-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0156-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0156-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0156-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0156-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A compact package for light and laser combined.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite all that, lights and lasers keep shrinking and keep coming straight for the CCW sized pistols. What looked like a D cell Maglite back in the \u201980s is now smaller than your thumb, with even more capabilities. So today, I am going to give you my opinion on lights and lasers, which along with $1 will get you a cup of coffee at McDonald&#8217;s. But I\u2019m going to anyway, with this warning. If you are a Luddite, might as well click away now. Because I love them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-lights-the-tactical-advantage\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" data-level=\"2\">Lights: The Tactical Advantage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-training-helps\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" data-level=\"2\">Training Helps<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-moving-targets\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" data-level=\"2\">Moving Targets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-de-escalation\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" data-level=\"2\">De-Escalation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0716-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" class=\"wp-image-151601\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0716-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0716-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0716-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0716-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0716-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0716-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Either hand activation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lights-the-tactical-advantage\">Lights: The Tactical Advantage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Primarily, I love them for two reasons. And we will toss in a controversial third towards the end, so hang on for that. I feel that a modern laser\/light gives you some tactical advantages that are worth exploring, especially since they have gotten so small and reliable. I am a big fan of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crimsontrace.com\/products\/tactical-lights\/rail-master\/cmr-204-rail-master-pro-universal-green-laser-sight-tactical-light\/01-4200.html#start=1?utm_source=GunsAmerica\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crimson Trace Rail Master Pro<\/a> since it does both very well with a tiny footprint. Not to mention, Crimson Trace is pretty much the King of lasers. No one has been around longer or earned a better reputation for reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links yoast-seo-related-links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/9-critical-concealed-carry-lessons-ep-4-lights-lasers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\">9 Critical Concealed Carry Lessons: Ep. 4 Lights and Lasers!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/crimson-trace-goes-green-shot-show-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\">Crimson Trace Goes Green&#8211;SHOT Show 2015<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/sccy-will-stops-replacing-stolen-guns-thanks-to-bad-apples\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\">SCCY Will Stop Replacing Stolen Guns thanks to &#8216;Bad Apples&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The first advantage has to do with physiological effects on the body when a gunfight starts. Now, this doesn\u2019t happen to everyone, but shrinks and other 40-pound forehead people have proven it happens to some. Humans tend to look at the threat, no matter how much they have trained to look at their sights. It&#8217;s a basic instinct. You look where the threat is at because nothing in human history (until very recently) was going to solve it by looking elsewhere. One of the ways you see this manifest is the VERY high number of both police and soldiers that shoot a bad guy in the hand when they meant to hit him in the chest. It has nothing to do with trying to disable rather than kill, I know this because it happens on paper-range targets too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0717-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" class=\"wp-image-151602\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0717-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0717-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0717-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0717-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0717-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0717-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turning on with support hand thumb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-training-helps\">Training Helps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is it gets better with time and experience. If you read even Old West gunfighters like Wyatt Earp, they will say they saw their sights every time. And after your first fight, that is largely true. But the bad news is the vast majority of you in the audience haven\u2019t been in that first firefight yet, so you still have to work through the problems associated with it. And the laser helps here. Because the laser allows you to both look at the threat instead of your sights, and still have an aiming device you can see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0715-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" class=\"wp-image-151603\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0715-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0715-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0715-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0715-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0715-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0715-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A huge benefit if things go bump in the night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I telling you to train not to look at your sights? Absolutely not. Hell, maybe you train enough with them this doesn\u2019t affect you. Or you are in the percentage of people it wasn\u2019t going to affect in the first place. But at least if you do get in that fight, and you can\u2019t focus on the sights, the laser gives you something to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0729-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" class=\"wp-image-151604\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0729-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0729-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0729-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0729-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0729-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0729-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1911, CT laser, and 10 rounder solve a lot of problems<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-moving-targets\">Moving Targets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The second reason I like lasers, especially in not daylight bright settings, has to do with another human instinct. If you watch videos of either LE or citizens getting in shootouts, what is a common denominator? Often the moment a gun comes out, and almost always the second a round is fired, at least one party starts running around like a chicken sans head. Quite often still shooting back, and therefore still a threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you can get very good at tracking a moving target with iron sights. But it takes a lot of practice, and at that specific thing. This is a problem, because most people don\u2019t have the money or resources to get a moving practice target. If you shoot competition, you will get enough over a few months of matches to not suck at it. But to get truly good at it, you have to have one, and they aren\u2019t cheap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0157-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" class=\"wp-image-151606\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0157-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0157-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0157-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0157-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0157-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0157-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Picatinny mount, as well as other rail options<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A laser short circuits that deficiency. Because tracking a mover with a laser is very easy, and instinctive. And is once again a case where being able to follow the threat with your eyes, because you can see the laser ON THE THREAT, is a big advantage. If you can track a rabbit with a flashlight, you can track a threat with a laser, it\u2019s that easy. And if it&#8217;s anything but direct sunlight, you can actually follow the beam the entire way to its destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-de-escalation\">De-Escalation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What about that third thing? Well, it\u2019s a bit stickier. I\u2019m not a lawyer, and no one should ever take legal advice from me. But a laser can be a de-escalation tool as well. Let&#8217;s not get crazy here, because the laser is attached to your muzzle. And in every state, I know of at least, if you point a muzzle at someone you might as well have shot them, in terms of escalation of force. Meaning that pointing a weapon at someone is assault with a deadly weapon. So a laser should never, ever be pointed at someone until they meet the criteria for justifying deadly force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, however, you have to accept another truth. Just because you CAN shoot someone doesn\u2019t always mean you SHOULD shoot someone. And let&#8217;s call this reality advice, not moral advice. Because no matter what, no matter how clear cut a shoot seems, odds are good it is going to cost you a lot of money and 2 years of your life to sort out. There is a guy from Austin under indictment right now for shooting a \u201cprotester\u201d that was pointing an <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/search?keyword=AK%2047%20Rail%20Mount%20Scope%20or%20Red%20Dot\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\">AK 47<\/a> at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, there is such an imminent threat that you have no choice but to start blazing. But threats can also exist that you would be justified to do so, but tactically can still give it a minute to sort out. And a <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/viridian-green-laser-auto-on-holsters-shot-show-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2509\">green laser<\/a> on the chest is a very good indicator you mean business. As in, a bad guy might just decide to quit and go home, then see if you have the stones to pull that trigger. And if it saves you just one hour of attorney fees, the laser has paid for itself. Start talking about retainers, and it&#8217;s many times over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\" title=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good way to start a fight amongst your friends is to bring up the subject of lights and lasers for concealed carry guns. Opinions run strong on this one, and they are all over the map. Some will tell you lasers build bad habits, and you should never have one. Some will tell you lights get in the way on a CCW piece, and you shouldn\u2019t use one anyway. And some will just tell you that if John Moses Browning intended you to have a laser and light, he would have built one back in 1910.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":151604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,226,109,881,47],"tags":[132,127,4294,102,844,55,2976,433,4303,640],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-190788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-clay-martin","9":"category-gear-reviews","10":"category-gear-optics-lasers-lights","11":"category-gear-optics-sights","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-concealed-carry","14":"tag-decoding-darkness","15":"tag-feature-articles","16":"tag-home-defense","17":"tag-laser","18":"tag-laser-trainer","19":"tag-lights","20":"tag-lights-lasers","21":"tag-self-defense"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lights and Lasers for CCW?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Special Ops, Clay Martin, runs through the advantages of lights and lasers on your personal concealed carry weapon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lights-and-lasers-for-ccw-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lights and Lasers for CCW?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A good way to start a fight amongst your friends is to bring up the subject of lights and lasers for concealed carry guns. 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