You want to convince the guy that you want to comply to his wishes (no means am I saying to comply).
Ask what he wants, ask how you can comply with his wishes. If the bandit thinks you are complying it may tend to relax him a bit.
I'm old school..........NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GUN.
I have these targets in my shop and house just for dry firing. Dry firing with a laser sights give you instant feed back.
BUT: Remember the four basic safety rules. When laying out your dry fire targets, take into account your back stop. Think about what you'll hit if you screw up and don't unload before dry firing.
As I said, I have targets in my house and in my shop. If I screw up, behind my targets is a hill. I just have to patch a 38 cal hole in my wall. Actually the target in my house is on my granddaughter's bedroom door. (Still a safe background if I screw up noting gets hurt but for patching little holes.)
I also have a window cut in my shop wall that over looks my pistol range so I can shoot in bad weather or test loads without having to go outside.
I often hang the hostage target in the window so I can practice inside my shop.
Here is the targets I use, you should be able to down load and print them out.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kraigwy...0Target_1_.pdf
Like I mentioned earlier, to add stress superimpose a picture of your daughter or granddaughter on the good guy portion of the target. It will make you think.