Which description corresponds to outside retention on the long gun?

• A. The subject has made a one-handed direct grab on the holstered handgun.
• B. The subject has inside retention.
• C. The subject has outside retention.
• D. The subject has used the hip drill retreat.

Answer: (C)

Outside retention means the mechanism that keeps the long gun secured is on the exterior surface, and you disengage that external release to draw. This labeling directly identifies how the gun is held and how it’s released, which is what the question is asking you to recognize. In practice, you’d use an external thumb or finger action on the outside of the holster or retention device to free the weapon, as opposed to an internal or body-close release. The other options describe either different retention concepts or unrelated actions, so they don’t match the external-release setup described here.