Crossbreed Light Defender Series IWB Holster

When it comes to low-light defense, the first thing that anyone who's been following Personal Defense Network or my work at ICE Training for any length of time will tell you that I am a strong advocate for always having a flashlight with you. Obviously, it's a great utility tool, but in the instances of personal defense, not only could it be used as an improvised distraction device, an improvised striking device, but also obviously it can help you find and identify threats. We talk about using light intermittently and indirectly. Of course, a lot of people talk about flashing that light directly at someone to distract them as well. And it could buy you some time to do something else, whether that was an unarmed something else, or the presentation of a firearm from a holster. Now, generally speaking, in a worst-case scenario, if I were moving towards my family or towards an exit, trying to get away from a threat, then I'd probably try to keep my gun in a staged position as I have right now in behind-the-hip style carry, a four o'clock carry. And I would be using this light to find and identify, or make sure that I didn't need to pull my gun out. If you think about yourself in maybe an active shooter situation, a spree killer situation in a mall, a theater or a large store. If you find yourself in one of those back areas of the mall, maybe the electricity has been cut, maybe it's smoky, it's hard to see, you don't wanna be running around with a gun out as your primary means of illumination because you prefer to use a weapon-mounted light in a situation like that. Similarly, if you're in a home defense situation and you're moving towards your family, you don't wanna have your firearm be the only means of illumination you have. It doesn't mean that you're always going to have that flashlight as your primary, or that you'll have that hand free. I might be carrying one of my kids, or pushing someone, I might be injured. In that case, obviously these are the types of reasons why a lot of people choose to have a weapon-mounted light. And this is of course a Viridian XL5, this is the third gen. I'm gonna turn it off for a second, it's a light and laser. And it was being carried inside of my Crossbreed Light Defender Series Holster. It's a full-size gun, it's in a SuperTuck Holster. It's a comfortable holster that'll carry a full-size gun with the light attachment. But wee have to remember, as soon as we pull this out, we put two hands on the gun and we think about using that light as our primary light, we also now we're using our firearm as our primary method of illumination. If I'm moving towards good guys, if I'm leaving the bad guys, there's no reason for me to move towards the threat usually as a private citizen, concealed carry, carrying for defense of myself or those that I care about. I'm thinking about moving away from the threat and towards safety or towards good guys, towards maybe the responding police officers in that public event. And this is not the condition you wanna be in. This doesn't look like a good guy getting out to the police officer that's coming to the active shooter. This looks like a potential bad guy. And if you have a firearm in your hand in that moment, it could be even more tragic than simply being caught in that worst-case scenario anyway. So let's talk about that. If you're going to have this as your primary light, and you're going to have this into the holster in the back, what you wanna make sure is that obviously, you are using this light and you can then bring this gun up from the staged position. If you need to drop this, maybe you're gonna hold on to it and use your two hands on the gun. Maybe you're gonna, again, just let it hang on a lanyard if you happen to have a lanyard, which is something that we recommend quite a bit. Maybe you're gonna try to use it as a means of illumination with a firearm that does not have a light built into it. So you're gonna maybe, press it against the front of your hand, or you're just gonna use it like this and press your hand against that to get some extra stability. A lot of different options. What the Crossbreed Light Defender Series does, I'm gonna go ahead and remove that holster now so you can see exactly where this gun and light-laser combo have been living. What the Crossbreed Light Defender Series lets you do, is take advantage of the interest you have in carrying that weapon-mounted light on your primary defensive firearm. Whether you think of that as your only light, or it's a backup light, you still need to have it in a concealable and comfortable, something that allows the carryability of a full-size gun with that weapon-mounted light all day long inside the waistband, maybe even under a tucked shirt. The Crossbreed Light Defender Series, that's gonna be a great solution for you. There are many solutions out there. I don't think you're gonna find one that's nearly as comfortable or functional as far as wearing the holster all day long that allows you to carry that full-size gun with that light and laser combo. Think about how you're gonna use the light, not just how you're gonna carry the light, when it comes to your defense, especially in the public space, when you're moving towards safety or towards the good guys, not hunting for threats, like a SWAT team or a military team member.