Jarrett thinks the culture of IPSC might be a little friendlier to new shooters than some other disciplines, and he recommends it. “Most people who start out in IDPA end up drifting over to IPSC because of its excitement and more looseness in how we shoot a stage. Plus, you get to shoot more bullets.”

Jarrett says one of the hardest things to do with a gun is one of the things he does best. “I’ve probably shot half a million rounds shooting on the move in the last 10 years. A lot of times it’s the biggest part of my practice regimen because of the difficulty of it. Fifty percent of my practice anymore is shooting on the move.”

Jarrett’s enthusiastic about what he sees happening with shooting and firearms technology. “I see in the future, in fact it’s already happening--red dots sights on law enforcement handguns, maybe a flip-up one. They’ll have compensators, mag wells that are set up right, triggers that are easier to manipulate, and the accuracy of the firearms will exceed the current offerings. Night sights, fiber optics, lasers, red dot sights--these are all the things that enhance sight picture and increase speed and accuracy under pressure.

“And holsters are so much better than what was available 20 years ago,” he says, singling out Kydex for praise. “It doesn’t wear out, and I can do a .85-second draw out of my Blackhawk Serpa lock holster. And where did that technology come from? The IPSC world.”