Originally Posted by
rob_s
From guns to gear to clothes to shoes, every non-LE civilian has to balance training against reality. Rather than "train like you fight" it's "train for a fight". Every person has to make the decision for themselves if something like training in gloves when they'd never wear them "in a fight" is a bad thing or not. There is no right answer.
And until you run one of the Brazillian handguards with no covers and without gloves to the point of being uncomfortable or even un-touchable, you have no idea what you would or wouldn't do. Are there more important things to worry about in a civilian gunfight involving an AR? well, duh. But at the same time what benefits are the Brazilian handguards supposedly providing in that application either? Saving weight? In a 30 second gunfight in the hallway of your ranch-type-style castle?
There ain't no free lunch.