Hate to break the news to you, but your sights also use "line of sight".
And are only good for the range it's sighted in for.
But at the range we are defending ourselves, and the fact you don't have to shoot the gun out of someone's and, means it's good enough.
Attention mall ninjas:
The difference between a laser and your sights is far more dramatic as the laser is much, much farther away from the barrel. Thus at 7 yards, yeah it's not a big difference, at 10 and 25 yards the difference grows, by 50 (assuming you could see the laser) it's even bigger.
Your sights? Not so much.
Why on earth would you spend 150+$ on a sight system that isn't as effective as you can be if you just....I dunno.... TRAINED with your sights?
You can argue that yes, it's only inches at the ranges we're talking about.....but guess what? An inch can really matter.
You can say "oh I won't engage a target that far away". You don't know that.
You can say "oh I'll just use my sights after a certain distance". No you won't because you didn't make your training congruous and your brain is going to default to the easiest thing you trained.
What if you need to make a hostage shot? (Aka that home invader got a hold of your wife) You really gonna introduce yet ANOTHER margin of error into THAT equation?
There is no substitute or shortcut for training. Lasers seem easier, but in reality I've never met a trained individual who used them in a situation other than using a riot shield or face mask. Those trained individuals in my life include:
Cops
SWAT officers
SBT members
Spec Forces
Paratroopers
Concealed Carry Instructors
Why don't these people use them? There is a more reliable, cheaper method that makes your training more congruous and thus more effective.
It's called using your sights
If you really want to excel in skill at arms, you need to stop being gear focused. There is no gear out there that is going to make you a better warrior. You need to train. Anytime you buy gear or guns, remember the mission of the gear/guns, and seek to optimize the gun, not befoul it by hanging all manner of profane tacticool crap on it.
Grips for better ergonimics? Fine
Night sights? Fine
Trigger jobs? Fine
A light attached for home defense? Fine
None of these things reduce the weapons reliability or effectiveness, nor do they make it overly complicated.
Beyond that you're wasting your time. Personally, I don't do anything for a CC gun beyond trigger jobs and night sights. Might add grip tape or some stippling if the gun is really smooth and hard to hold when sweaty.
means it's good enough.
"Good enough" Bah. You'll have to excuse if I don't want the guy whose settles for "good enough" to be the one protecting my family.
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