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Old August 18, 2004, 03:40 AM   #7
Pat Rogers
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Marty- I will disagree strongly. A closet is, in the vernacular of those who do this as a job, a "Small Room".
If you have quick peeked a closet, the perp still has options left- specifically to shoot through the walls (remember, the Perp ROE is different than ours) or assault you.
Neither option is viable.

Perps may or may not respond to verbal commands. If he does, voila, but if he decides not to, what then.
You are still- eventually- going to have to do the whole thing again. Now what.
All interior confrontations have the potential for being at contact distance. With an average bedroom being 10'x 12', not clear and open as most shoot houses are, they are all at intimate distance.
House clearing is fraught with danger, and obviously not something that can be accomplished by those without proper training.
Most techniques will work under a variety of circumstances. Working and Getting Away With It are two different balls of wax.
As Jeff said, distance is my friend, and maximizing distance is the best of the available options.
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