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Unless you’re anticipating non-conventional shooting positions (under beds, barricades, vehicles) then a laser is basically a homing beacon straight to your position. Red dots are superimposed and not projected so no downrange signature, plus, higher end models are useful for targeting under NODs which is practically impossible or tedious with irons.

An IR laser on the other hand is very useful, but you’d probably be using your pistol as a secondary weapon at that point

What about phased plasma rifle in 40-watt range?

iron-sights should be the go-to standard in an apocalyptic situation we're about to experience

There’s something fucking incredibly satisfying looking through tritium sights in the middle of the night, practical utility be damned. That said, a TLR-1 or similar is a must for a nightstand pistol

Came here to see/say this.

Several years ago at CHL quals, the crusty RO (retired LEO with 20+ yrs of instruction) was asking for scores when a guy calls out a perfect. The RO walks over, checks the target and says “…damn, so it is.”

RO later admitted during the classroom portion of the training that though some had gotten close, none had ever scored a perfect target in all his years of running range qualifications.

The guy had a co-witnessed red dot and the RO started reluctantly pushing them as a viable alternative to the class, confessing he hadn’t personally seen the utility up until that moment