The Importance of and liabilities of certain retention holsters
There are so many modes of carrying a firearm and not everyone is going to like carrying in a certain manor. We have guys that stop in here that can’t complain about the Blackhawk level 2 retention holsters and then there are others that hate them. I’ve watched all of the holster videos on Youtube that talk about all of the bad things that can happen when using your Glock 19, Glock 21 or Sig 229 handgun in one of them. The military has adopted these for their M9 pistols and some hate this because now and dirt can cause the holster to not function. Safariland holsters have a very popular history with Law Enforcement but some guys still don’t like that thumb/ flip carry style. Level 3 holsters are gaining ground and Safariland and Blackhawk have them.
Carrying a flashlight can cause you to have limited choices for your standard sidearm but there are some new Level II and Level II holsters from Blackhawk this year. We have primarily Glock 21 and Glock 22 handguns being issues by local police departments but many detectives are using the Blackhawk Serpa holsters because it’s a little lighter and not as hard on your wallet. Recently we had a few detectives turn in their Fobus holsters and switch to Blackhawk Serpa holsters just for the ease of mind of knowing that if you are in the middle of struggle and trying to handcuff a suspect you get an extra second or more to react to them if they reach for your firearm. Recently here in Pennsylvania a police officer was attacked by a mob that