{"id":11481,"date":"2015-03-24T18:50:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T18:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11481"},"modified":"2015-10-24T03:18:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T03:18:41","slug":"defensive-handgun-training-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/defensive-handgun-training-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensive Handgun Training Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hunting.scout.com\/story\/1530794-three-defensive-handgun-training-mistakes?s=77\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mistaeks-Header.jpg?resize=828%2C322\" alt=\"Mistaeks Header\" width=\"828\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mistaeks-Header.jpg?w=828&amp;ssl=1 828w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mistaeks-Header.jpg?resize=300%2C117&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Training is important whether you are playing basketball or preparing to defend your life. Good training is what&#8217;s really important because, as it has been said, in a bad situation you will not rise to the occasion, you will default to your training. If you make mistakes while training they will appear when the wolf is at the door. Here are\u00a0three common mistakes you should not make while training with your defensive handgun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>To read the full article, click the image\u00a0below. Portions of the Empty Cases blog are syndicated at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hunting.scout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">North American Hunter<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hunting.scout.com\/story\/1530794-three-defensive-handgun-training-mistakes?s=77\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11393\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RichardMannBanner.jpg?resize=800%2C200\" alt=\"RichardMannBanner\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RichardMannBanner.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RichardMannBanner.jpg?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Training is important whether you are playing basketball or preparing to defend your life. Good training is what&#8217;s really important because, as it has been said, in a bad situation you will not rise to the occasion, you will default to your training. If you make mistakes while training they will appear when the wolf is at the door. Here are\u00a0three &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2509],"tags":[138,2415,2414],"class_list":["post-11481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense","tag-firearms-training","tag-personal-defense","tag-personal-protection-with-handguns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-2Zb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12224,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/defensive-handgun-training\/","url_meta":{"origin":11481,"position":0},"title":"Defensive Handgun Training","author":"gunwriter","date":"October 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm at Gunsite taking the 250 Pistol Course yet again. 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