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I had a customer in the office yesterday whose job it is is to teach various security guards and police officers how to shoot several different weapons. He laughed that I would be shocked at what poor shots most police officers are. I said I guess if I am confronted by a cop I should throw up my arms and say "hands up, don't shoot," and he said I would be in more danger if I was standing next to a guy that did that. Not that my story has anything to do with your post. Just thought you'd find it useful to know!
If someone is right handed and aiming out you and intending to shoot you, your best bet is to move to your left. Most people who do not practice regularly with a handgun do not have a straight finger pull, a right handed shooter who does not shoot well, will tend to pull the gun down and to the left slightly due to their finger pull.
Yes, many bad shooters out there. If you are going to fire your weapon in self defense better make sure your aim is good enough to hit center mass and that no one is standing behind your target. Hollow points are a safer round to shoot because they mushroom and are less likely to exit the body either directly or via ricocheting and hitting a bystander. Some consider hollow points a killer round (all rounds intended to kill), but they are much safer for by standers.
I always get tickled at the anti gun nuts that always question why a police officer shoots to kill and then goes on about why they don't shoot to wound.
Or maybe don't engage in criminal activity, or hang out with criminals, and you'll never be confronted by a cop.
They watch too many old westerns, where the good guy always shoots 'em in the arm or leg.
I realize I'm probably preaching to the choir, but a cop (other than a sniper) doesn't really shoot to kill or injure. You shoot to neutralize, which means the largest part of the body mass (ie. torso).
When I take my wife to the gun range she always seems to hit the target right square in the junk. I feel for any guy that puts her in a situation where she feels the need to shoot, he will be peckerless.
The one thing you cannot duplicate at the range is the fight or flight response, adrenaline kick, increase in breathing, increase in heart rate, blood pressure, sweaty palms, etc...that will happen when you pull your gun in self defense to shoot, further complicated if you are being shot at. This is why muscle memory is so important and why law enforcement in particular needs to regularly practice and some LE officers under tight budgets have to buy their own bullets to have enough range time. Even with a bunch of practice shooting, until you are faced with such a high pressure situation you have no idea how good your aim will be under a life or death situation. This might be why some LE officers might struggle the first time they pull their service weapon and shoot, they are human. But also bet there are some LE officers that did really well the first time they pulled and shot their weapon and those that did handle it well I would bet spent significant time at the range.
And he has unlimited bullets in his pistol and the bad guys never get shot in the head or yells/screams and roll around on the ground.
Or, using both hands.
Here is my philosophy, for what it is worth.
Target practice is a good thing, but if you are in a defensive situation where you put a couple holes into a guy who is 10 to 15 yards away, you've got a lot of explaining to do in court. 10 to 15 yards isn't a likely scenario. But yes, being able to hit the target is a good thing.
I think it's more important to know your firearm, how to handle it, and in a defensive situation, have it in hand in a moment's notice, remove the safety (if applicable), and shoot the guy in the belly or head... close contact. You won't have time to raise it and carefully aim. It'll all happen so fast and at close distance. And there is a good chance you'll have a hole shot through you first. Sad, but true.
At home is different. There will be a little more time to react if somebody is kicking in the door. Even then, iron sights will likely be useless. A red dot reflex (on a rifle or SBR) or laser (on a pistol) is the way to go -- or better yet, knowing how to hit an intruder without use of sights. I prefer a reflex that is always on and ready to go. The Sig Romeo 5 is outstanding for this. If there aren't kids sleeping on the other side of that wall, a shotgun is best. No sights needed.
That's self-defense. If we're talking civil war, things are different.
Target practice is a good thing, but if you are in a defensive situation where you put a couple holes into a guy who is 10 to 15 yards away, you've got a lot of explaining to do in court. 10 to 15 yards isn't a likely scenario. But yes, being able to hit the target is a good thing.
I think it's more important to know your firearm, how to handle it, and in a defensive situation, have it in hand in a moment's notice, remove the safety (if applicable), and shoot the guy in the belly or head... close contact. You won't have time to raise it and carefully aim. It'll all happen so fast and at close distance. And there is a good chance you'll have a hole shot through you first. Sad, but true.
At home is different. There will be a little more time to react if somebody is kicking in the door. Even then, iron sights will likely be useless. A red dot reflex (on a rifle or SBR) or laser (on a pistol) is the way to go -- or better yet, knowing how to hit an intruder without use of sights. I prefer a reflex that is always on and ready to go. The Sig Romeo 5 is outstanding for this. If there aren't kids sleeping on the other side of that wall, a shotgun is best. No sights needed.
That's self-defense. If we're talking civil war, things are different.
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This conversation is way over your rotted pin-head. You should stick to defending Antifa.
Its also why the military use to making training as realistic as possible, with a figured mortality rate during training. You crawled under barbed wire while a machine gun fired over you head, tanks ran over foxholes, practiced live fire squad maneuvers with supporting fire and so on. No substitute for the real thing though.
They told us numerous times not to freak out and stand up.
