Only in DC. As for me, my IDPA club regularly practices the close in gunfight and shooting from a retention stance as well as fending off the initial attack so you can safely draw and fire.... Then of course there are my peaceful Aikido solutions. I really hate it when my adversary is not close enough to touch.....
My aikido teacher was one of the initial 10 people sent from Japan to teach aikido in the U.S. I was making great progress in the class. Unfortunately, I decided to teach a microprocessor class and the aikido class met at the same time. Too bad. It was lots of fun.