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[Shadow Reaper]

This is a serious revolution in shooting and home defense. . .anyone using a pistol or shotgun. The overwhelming majority of combat encounters in the home happen in the dark, so savvy defense gurus practice “blind fighting” where they point their weapon without use of the sights. Many others put a flashlight on a gun, but this betrays your presence which can get you killed.

This new solution is huge for tactical shooting. See without being seen, which as you know is my mantra here at TEST.

In most situations, thermal is superior to night vision because it so clearly marks opponents. It does not reveal objects as well as night vision but if you are defending your home, you already know where all the objects are.

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[Yex]

*noise in night so picks up Uber gun 5000*

*turns on thermal*
*0% battery*

I feel like if someone meant you harm they'd just like, climb a tree and do you in through a window. Like your bed doesn't move, they know where you are. So I kind of don't think folks mean you harm, they just poor & hungry.

Or if you're afraid anyway that why you have 6ft husband?

 

[Shadow Reaper]

I’m not certain what country you’re thinking of but most shootings here in the US are on the street, are drug related and are one gang killing people in another gang. Almost all shootings are with unregistered pistols, at night, on public streets. It’s mostly drug dealers killing other drug dealers.

 

[Mudhawk]

True, Yex never gave off the impression of being american. Still Yex may or may not be able to put up a serious home defence if cornered. Most people do with the right incentive.Firearms at hand or not.
It's just that on my side of the Atlantic (might be Yex's side too come to think of it) military grade hardware usually does not end up in private hands. Hence the lack of shot wounds on victims or perpetrators.
But do not worry, we can still slice, bludgeon, poison, electrocute and run over like any other decent folks. And you do not wanna know what I can do with a good torch.
Only at that range I'm talking abot, what use is a thermal sight, right?
I bet it's different with the kind of hardware legal in the states.
I do guess you can put that stuff to good use in certain parts of LA.
Especially if you are the one breaking in.
Those guys can buy these sights too, or is it sold strictly to folks without a police record?
PS: If it does work as advertised it sure is a nice piece of technlogy. But Yex got a point about the battery drain being a potential problem.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

There’s no way to answer the question about selling this technology to those without a police record, because firearms laws are almost always state laws. Hence, there are over 38,000 firearms laws in the US.

The feds limit fully automatic weapons, suppressors, etc. The vast majority of firearms laws are state and so vary a great deal.

Your point is well made, though. Criminals can make use of thermal pistol sights as easily as law abiding citizens. Probably it will be a decade before the states catch up with and regulate this technology, presuming they pas any laws at all. I’m not familiar with any laws against lights and lasers except for hunting.

My point was really that if you understand that it is more likely to need a gun in the dark than the light, and you know you can’t use gunsights in the dark, and you thus rely upon lights and lasers, there is now what appears a superior choice. Thermal sights make people glow, and make it easy to find center body mass. I think this technology may even change the way people train, since you can see with the sight what you might miss without. My guess is a preferred method of scanning areas through the sight will develop—something I have not seen before. Also, an advanced pistol method may become more popular, where you hold the pistol much closer to the body instead of extending your arms. This will move the sight closer which will paint a larger area. John Wick would be proud.

I’m sure there are people here who don’t believe at all in a right to self-defense, but we’re playing a game where characters shoot each other. Seems people can manage a thick skin when they want to.

Just as an aside, firearms laws in the US do not vary state to state in the way you would presume. Liberal states can have very pro-gun laws and the reverse as well. For instance, in Oregon where I lived for 12 years, which is an extremely Left state, lethal force is legal in protection of private property. That’s an unusually pro-self defense stance only found in a few states.

 

[Nightlane]

why not use a holographic sight?