{"id":323,"date":"2016-08-14T00:58:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T00:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etacticool.com\/?p=323"},"modified":"2021-11-03T18:24:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:54:15","slug":"5-reasons-get-laser-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/5-reasons-get-laser-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Why You Should Get a Laser Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Reasons_Why_You_Should_Buy_a_Laser_Sight_for_Your_Gun\"><\/span>5\u00a0Reasons Why You Should Buy a Laser Sight for Your Gun<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_48 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label for=\"item-64d635af0b995\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-64d635af0b995\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/5-reasons-get-laser-sight\/#5_Reasons_Why_You_Should_Buy_a_Laser_Sight_for_Your_Gun\" title=\"5\u00a0Reasons Why You Should Buy a Laser Sight for Your Gun\">5\u00a0Reasons Why You Should Buy a Laser Sight for Your Gun<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/5-reasons-get-laser-sight\/#Reason_1_Laser_Sights_Help_You_Aim_Without_Looking_Down_Your_Iron_Sights_or_Scope\" title=\"Reason 1: Laser Sights Help You Aim Without Looking Down Your Iron Sights or Scope\">Reason 1: Laser Sights Help You Aim Without Looking Down Your Iron Sights or Scope<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/5-reasons-get-laser-sight\/#Reason_2_A_Laser_Sight_is_a_Legal_Concealed_Carry_Permit_Owner%E2%80%99s_Best_Friend\" title=\"Reason 2: A Laser Sight is a Legal Concealed Carry Permit Owner&#8217;s Best Friend\">Reason 2: A Laser Sight is a Legal Concealed Carry Permit Owner&#8217;s Best Friend<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/5-reasons-get-laser-sight\/#Reason_3_It%E2%80%99s_Great_Trigger_Control_Practice\" title=\"Reason 3: It&#8217;s Great Trigger Control Practice\">Reason 3: It&#8217;s Great Trigger Control Practice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/5-reasons-get-laser-sight\/#Reason_4_Quickly_Aim_While_Moving\" title=\"Reason 4: Quickly Aim While Moving\">Reason 4: Quickly Aim While Moving<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/5-reasons-get-laser-sight\/#Reason_5_ANYONE_Can_Aim_a_Laser_Sight\" title=\"Reason 5: ANYONE Can Aim a Laser Sight\">Reason 5: ANYONE Can Aim a Laser Sight<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/5-reasons-get-laser-sight\/#Are_Laser_Sights_Worth_It\" title=\"Are Laser Sights Worth It?\">Are Laser Sights Worth It?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how many people dismiss the benefits of laser sights before even trying one out. There are several REALLY good reasons to use a laser sight on your handgun, shotgun or rifle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-325 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thetacticool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-you-need-a-laser-sight.jpg\" alt=\"why you need a laser sight\" width=\"800\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-you-need-a-laser-sight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-you-need-a-laser-sight-150x139.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thetacticool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-you-need-a-laser-sight-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re on a mission in this post to educate you on the benefits of laser sights and why it&#8217;s definitely worth it to buy a laser for your gun.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reason_1_Laser_Sights_Help_You_Aim_Without_Looking_Down_Your_Iron_Sights_or_Scope\"><\/span>Reason 1: Laser Sights Help You Aim Without Looking Down Your Iron Sights or Scope<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Imagine that you&#8217;re sleeping in your bedroom, it&#8217;s 2am and the dog starts barking. You go for your gun and check to see what&#8217;s going on in your house.. I think I said it all right there.<\/p>\n<p>Think about that particular scenario:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;re groggy from being woken up in the middle of the night<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s dark inside your house and outside<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s distractions like a dog barking or family members freaking out<\/li>\n<li>You might have just gotten done fumbling with a <a href=\"https:\/\/ththetacticool.com\/the-best-handgun-safe\/\">gun safe<\/a> while getting your gun<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re scared (just like anyone would be)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So now answer this question:\u00a0<strong>will you be ready to aim down your sights accurately and fire your weapon if necessary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty serious question under those circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where laser sights come in. The laser dot is pointing at your target &#8211; just point and shoot. Now this probably isn&#8217;t the way you were taught to shoot a gun but under extreme stress, a laser sight just may save your life.<\/p>\n<p>In short, laser sights improve your target acquisition speed. There&#8217;s just no doubt about it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reason_2_A_Laser_Sight_is_a_Legal_Concealed_Carry_Permit_Owner%E2%80%99s_Best_Friend\"><\/span>Reason 2: A Laser Sight is a Legal Concealed Carry Permit Owner&#8217;s Best Friend<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>God forbid that you ever have to draw your gun in self-defense, but don&#8217;t you think that a laser sight will at least marginally help you aim if necessary?<\/p>\n<p>In a panicked situation, you might not know how you&#8217;d react and if you&#8217;d be able to line up your sights and shoot.<\/p>\n<p>More than likely, you&#8217;ll get &#8220;close&#8221; to aiming properly but you can&#8217;t know for sure.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great idea to have a laser sight on your carry handgun. Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;ve got your <a href=\"http:\/\/thetacticool.com\/the-best-laser-for-your-glock-19\/\">Glock 19<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/thetacticool.com\/laser-for-sig-p238\/\">Sig P238<\/a> on your hip &#8211; what good is it if you can&#8217;t aim accurately and fire?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reason_3_It%E2%80%99s_Great_Trigger_Control_Practice\"><\/span>Reason 3: It&#8217;s Great Trigger Control Practice<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hopefully you never have to put a laser dot on any living human being in your life. That is most likely the case for 99% of gun owners. What do you do now?<\/p>\n<p>Well, we at Gun Laser Guide love using laser sights for trigger control practice. Just make sure your gun is clear, aim and keep the dot steady as you &#8220;fire&#8221; at objects.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like putting up a target on my door, lining up my iron sights with laser dot focused on the 10-ring then slowly squeezing the trigger while making sure the dot doesn&#8217;t move. I can&#8217;t tell you how much better this practice has made my marksmanship. It&#8217;s absolutely the bee&#8217;s knees.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reason_4_Quickly_Aim_While_Moving\"><\/span>Reason 4: Quickly Aim While Moving<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Think you can aim accurately while running or moving? Think again with your iron sights.<\/p>\n<p>Laser sights make any weapon, from your <a href=\"http:\/\/thetacticool.com\/best-glock-laser-sights-guide\/\">Glock<\/a> to your <a href=\"\/the-best-laser-sight-for-your-ar-15\/\">AR15 <\/a>an accurate weapon while you are on the move.<\/p>\n<p>Wanna test this theory? If you have a laser pointer at home, try aiming it at something on your wall like a picture frame, air vent or even a smoke detector while running. You will find that you can keep your aim pretty darn well.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reason_5_ANYONE_Can_Aim_a_Laser_Sight\"><\/span>Reason 5: ANYONE Can Aim a Laser Sight<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the reason why I put a <a href=\"http:\/\/thetacticool.com\/best-laser-sights-for-shotguns\/\">laser sight on every home defense shotgun<\/a> that I own: so that my family members can aim and fire accurately in a home-defense situation.<\/p>\n<p>Although I try to educate everyone in my immediate family about firearms, I definitely don&#8217;t force them to go shooting with me at the range or put in the hundreds of hours required to fire weapons at a high level of marksmanship.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where the laser sight can help.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if you were injured and needed your wife, your son or your daughter to manipulate a firearm. Would you trust them to aim and fire accurately to neutralize a threat to your family? Having a <a href=\"http:\/\/thetacticool.com\/\">laser sight <\/a>on your gun\u00a0would help.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_Laser_Sights_Worth_It\"><\/span>Are Laser Sights Worth It?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ll let you decide the answer to that question. I can only summarize the reasons why laser sights ARE worth it in this article:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve target acquisition<\/li>\n<li>Stable aiming while you&#8217;re moving or in a panic<\/li>\n<li>GREAT for trigger control practice at home<\/li>\n<li>Your family can use a laser sight to aim accurately<\/li>\n<li>You can react much more quickly &#8211; aim and fire with more confidence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So laser sights aren&#8217;t exactly what they appear to be in the movies. This is real life and it requires a dependable laser sight for your gun that has a valid, worthwhile purpose. Most laser sights fall under the $200 range for <a href=\"https:\/\/ththetacticool.com\/pistol-lasers\/\">pistols<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ththetacticool.com\/rifle-lasers\/\">rifles <\/a>and even <a href=\"http:\/\/thetacticool.com\/best-laser-sights-for-shotguns\/\">shotguns<\/a>. It&#8217;s worth checking out what a laser sight can do for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5\u00a0Reasons Why You Should Buy a Laser Sight for Your Gun It&#8217;s funny how many people dismiss the benefits of laser sights before even trying one out. There are several REALLY good reasons to use a laser sight on your handgun, shotgun or rifle. 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