E4 No More

I'm beginning to like my neighborhood now. Fortunately, the housing crisis has driven most of the gang members out of the neighborhood. It was because of the gangs that I got my M&P .45. I owned a nice Mustang GT with custom wheels, and one day while washing it out front of my house somebody drove by and yelled "Deuces!" out of their window at me. Although we had no gang problems where I was a police officer we still went through training and intelligence briefs, and that was enough to concern me to the point that I re-armed.

I'm near-sighted, so the exact opposite of you. Having long arms from my 6'4" frame it puts the sights right at the point where the dots are fuzzy. This causes me to bob my head up and down trying to find the right place in my bifocals to clear them or just be less accurate. Instinct shooting would be fairly accurate at the distances in my home, but would not be accurate enough in a more public place such as a mall. Some might find this paranoid, but I take heed of intelligence reports that say malls are one of the most likely targets for terrorists now days, and I think the divisive government that we have now will exacerbate that threat. I don't intend on me or mine being easy victims of either foreign or domestic terrorists. Since the 9mm will be my concealed carry weapon, I want the LASER sight for better accuracy than I'd get with trying the sights. Even though I was an expert shot with a rifle, I never was really that good with a pistol. I feel it's because my long arms place the pistol further away from my center of gravity which amplifies any movement. I use to tell people they were much safer standing 50 feet away from me with a pistol in my hand than they were standing 500 yards away from me with a iron-sighted rifle in my hands.

I tried two mutli-focals and two mono combinations.

Within 6 months. Contacts were tried and failed. The multi-focals slid around my eye too much, and the monos in a "one eye for reading and the other for distance" configuration drove me nuts.

I saw that before I posted this thread, and I thought the same thing. The palm swell on the M&P locks in at the top and then has a locking "rod" that extends through it from the bottom. The losing center is a bit disconcerting, but it may be the style of replacement. Thanks for your help.

I am a 48 year old former Marine and "Police Sniper" for a suburb of Kansas City, MO, called Claycomo. I left the department in 1993 after 5.5 years of service, and up until almost a year ago I have been unarmed. Under a year ago I purchased a S&W M&P .45 for home defense, (I don't care for shotguns for home defense). For my birthday last August I bought a M&P 9mm compact for concealed carry and attended the concealed carry class in Murfreesboro. I guess I still have a few months to wait before I get my permit out of Tennessee. I now wear bifocals and find sighting effectively/quickly to be difficult. I was a better instinct shooter anyways when it came to pistols, but I've been entertaining the idea of getting a LASER/light combo for the .45 and a Crimson Trace grip for the 9mm for concealed carry. I'm not worried about giving away my position because I wouldn't activate the LASER until I've already made the judgement to pull the trigger, and the light would need to be bright enough to dazzle the intruder. Questions: 1. Are the Crimson Trace LASER grips worth $240? 2. Is there something better for concealed carry? 3. What LASER/light combo is recommended for the .45?

Hello all! My name is Steve, and I was referred to this site by SVTOA members. I am a 48 year old former Marine and "Police Sniper" for a suburb of Kansas City, MO, called Claycomo. I left the department in 1993 after 5.5 years of service, and up until almost a year ago I have been unarmed. Under a year ago I purchased a S&W M&P .45 for home defense, (I don't care for shotguns for home defense). For my birthday last August I bought a M&P 9mm compact for concealed carry and attended the concealed carry class in Murfreesboro. I guess I still have a few months to wait before I get my permit out of Tennessee. I now wear bifocals and find sighting effectively/quickly to be difficult. I was a better instinct shooter anyways when it came to pistols, but I've been entertaining the idea of getting a LASER/light combo for the .45 and a Crimson Trace grip for the 9mm for concealed carry. I'm not worried about giving away my position because I wouldn't activate the LASER until I've already made the judgement to pull the trigger, and the light would need to be bright enough to dazzle the intruder. Questions: 1. Are the Crimson Trace LASER grips worth $240? 2. Is there something better for concealed carry? 3. What LASER/light combo is recommended for the .45?