I trained with Andy Stanford, and he refused to train anyone who used a Serpa. He was training some police officers in Germany, and one, a female, 'Tex Grebnered' herself, drawing from a Serpa.
Your comment is not just anecdotal. There is a reason many ranges and training centers won’t allow Serpas in their training. Accidents have happened. Also, one has to remember that 90% of gun owners don’t train regularly or get proper defensive training to include holster skills. For a well trained and practiced individual, the Serpa may be fine, while for the untrained, it may be a liability. Personally, I don’t want the extra step in the process of releasing the gun from the holster. If the holster tension is set properly you don’t need the gun ‘locked’ in.
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