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FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR The Trigger-Reset Method Controversy ARTICLE DEBRIEFING SUMMARY The offcer under stress simply will not use the trigger reset method. Firearms instructors don���t want to default to the infamous trigger slap. The rolling trigger is one positive way to train like we are going to fght. MORE INFORMATION www.forcescience.org Antoine Lane, Director of Training for Accuracy Influenced Mechanics for Law Enforcement (AIM4LE), has 22 years of law enforcement experience, a Master���s Degree in Training and Professional Development, and is a United States Practical Shooting Association Double Grand-Master. ��He can be reached at antoinelane@att.net or through www.aim4le.com. p The trigger reset method requires fne motor skills that we lose under stress. The Trigger-Reset Method Controversy The trigger-reset method requires fne motor skills that we lose under stress. By Antoine Lane T eaching a train-the-trainer course to law-enforcement firearms instructors can be a daunting task, especially when challenging long-established teaching methods. And no two topics of discussion draw more ire and interest than using the front sight and the method of trigger pull on a semiautomatic handgun. Most law-enforcement frearms instructors come from a teaching paradigm that promotes front-sight focused shooting. Te matter may merely be a case of well-entrenched tradition. But what about the trigger pull? Why is this subject such a lightning 6 Tactical Response Mar-Apr 2013 rod of debate? Te vast majority of law enforcement agencies and regional police training academies teach the same way to manipulate the trigger on a semi-automatic handgun���a method called Trigger Reset. Te trigger reset method is actually just a trick that helps ofcers pass their annual qualifcations. More troublesome, it is grossly inadequate for preparing them for a lethal encounter. Te defnition for trigger reset is this: When the handgun is fred, the trigger remains depressed during the cycling of the slide and the departure of the projectile and spent shell case. To fre any additional shots, the shooter releases the trigger forward, but only far enough to hear and/or feel a ���click��� (the resetting of the trigger). Once the shooter hears and/or feels the ���click,��� then the shooter again presses the trigger rearward and the gun fres. Te primary function of a law-enforcement frearms instructor is to prepare their students to win a lethal force encounter. Tere are numerous other things that frearms instructors need to teach in order to adequately prepare their students for such an event���like mindset, the ability to recognize