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Yeah, this and the other thread about IDPA not being all on the same page for womens' holsters illustrates my minor gripe with IDPA. They seem to be the evil-opposite to IPSC's free-for-all.
Why NOT allow crossdraw, shoulder, and small of back holsters ONLY on ranges with proper uprange shot containment? Many indoor ranges are hardened in the rear. Some outdoor ranges have offset berms at the entry point. So, if you're running only the RO(s) and the shooter on the line with no spectators exposed to the rearward line of fire on a bigga-bigga boo-boo, then the safety rationale of the no real-life holsters rule is satisfied.
Such a move would help keep the IDPA better at the "P" word than IPSC is.
And did you realize that the "head" on the IDPA target ends about where the eyes would be on a real Practical target? Is there a Practical problem here?
In suitably safe range settings (including & especially those hardened house simulators), the 180° rule would be replaced with a "don't cover the RO rule." That's practical enough, since having a partner/backup present *can* happen during a "practical" encounter.
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