{"id":6973,"date":"2013-05-20T19:13:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T19:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=6973"},"modified":"2015-10-25T19:24:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T19:24:16","slug":"weapon-mounted-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/weapon-mounted-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Weapon Mounted Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my new book, <a href=\"facebook.com\/HandgunTrainingforPersonalProtection\" target=\"_blank\">Handgun Training for Personal Protection<\/a>, there is an entire chapter devoted to weapon (handgun) mounted lights. I think a lot of s<a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/weapon-mounted-lights\/attachment\/136\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6974\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6974\" title=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/136-300x200.jpg?resize=210%2C140\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>hooters fail to understand their proper application and the things to consider when choosing one. You can read a condensed excerpt on this topic from <a href=\"facebook.com\/HandgunTrainingforPersonalProtection\" target=\"_blank\">my book<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huntingclub.com\/blogs\/articletype\/articleview\/articleid\/14958\/personal-defense-how-to-use-weapon-mounted-lights#.UZpyfJw2DbM\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6506\" style=\"width: 115px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/firearms-training-put-simply\/ed-stock\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6506\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6506\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Ed Stock\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Ed-Stock-275x300.jpg?resize=115%2C126\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You might also like this post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my new book, Handgun Training for Personal Protection, there is an entire chapter devoted to weapon (handgun) mounted lights. I think a lot of shooters fail to understand their proper application and the things to consider when choosing one. You can read a condensed excerpt on this topic from my book HERE &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/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":[2509,1],"tags":[42,43,44],"class_list":["post-6973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense","category-uncategorized","tag-crimson-trace-light-guard","tag-handgun-mounted-lights","tag-personal-protection"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-1Ot","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13424,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/handgun-mounted-lights\/","url_meta":{"origin":6973,"position":0},"title":"Handgun Mounted Lights","author":"gunwriter","date":"May 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The down side to a weapon mounted light is the exact same thing that makes it an asset; it\u2019s mounted to your handgun. This makes finding a holster that will work with your handgun more complicated and, if a weapon mounted light is all you have, it makes it impossible\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DEFENSE&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DEFENSE","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/category\/defense\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SW-1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SW-11.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SW-11.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SW-11.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SW-11.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13013,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/lights-lasers-and-myths\/","url_meta":{"origin":6973,"position":1},"title":"Lights, Lasers, and Myths","author":"gunwriter","date":"February 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"There are a number of myths associated with laser sights and lights on defensive handguns. 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