IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT THE TRIGGER

Instructors have been preaching it for years, and in my 2013 book, Handgun Training for Personal Protection, I called it “the secret.” The single, most important skill you must master with a handgun is the ability to operate the trigger—make the handgun fire—without disturbing the sight picture.

As simple as it sounds, this single task is the most difficult part of becoming proficient with a defensive handgun. It’s the foundation which must be laid before any other skills can be built. Anything you build on a foundation that’s not up to par is doomed; at