Editing Rex Applegate (section)

===Combat handgun techniques===
Applegate was a proponent of the [[combat pistol shooting]] system outlined in ''Kill or Get Killed'', which is based on [[point shooting]] with a strong emphasis on training for close-range, fast-response shooting. This system is somewhat at odds with another prominent system (developed and promoted by [[Jeff Cooper (colonel)|Jeff Cooper]]) called the [[Modern technique (shooting)|modern technique]]. Both systems have many supporters, with variants of Cooper's system being more commonly used.  Supporters of Cooper's methods point to the near-universal use of his system in the [[International Practical Shooting Confederation]] and other forms of [[action shooting]], while Applegate's supporters point to police incidents where officers trained in Cooper's methods discharge many rounds at close range (most measured in tens of feet (3 m) or less) with few (if any) disabling hits.  The last years of Applegate's life were spent promoting his combat-pistol-shooting methods to police agencies. Applegate co-wrote ''The Close-Combat Files of Colonel Rex Applegate''<ref>{{cite web|title=CLOSE-COMBAT FILES OF COLONEL REX APPLEGATE|url=http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=155|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060312124354/http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=155|archive-date=March 12, 2006|access-date=2006-05-11|df=mdy-all}}</ref> (with Chuck Melson), and was a founding member of the International Close Combat Instructors Association.