CasterTroy |
05-01-2013 11:30 AM |
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Originally Posted by Twobanger
(Post 528769)
the average American match shooter is way way more capable than a "trained professional" cop that only shoots quals twice a year.
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And yet have ANY special forces member take a "match shooter" thru a "house" under stress conditions and he won't hit jack squat!
I say that sitting here armchair quarterbacking I know....but I'll GLADLY admit I'm no match shooter, though I shoot "well". Nor am I special forces. My comment comes second hand as my uncle is the former firearms instructor for Charlotte police, former ranger, and currently working private security detail in Iraq who's been spending the last several years teaching civilians in Iraq how to shoot in "house" situations.
He use to get SUCH a kick out of the stories of officers missing 90% of what they shot at in REAL shootouts. Even the swat guys.
From what he says, they simply lack the training PERIOD. Even the swat guys, and as you saw in BOTH situations he's right. :tremble:
But I wouldn't BEGIN to agree that the average American match shooter is way way more capable! Even 3-gun (MAD respect for 3-gun shooters!) Shooting a stationary target with surgical precision, when you can time your trigger pull between heart beats, and hitting the broad side of a barn that has the potential of firing BACK at you with the INTENTION of taking your life?!?! Vastly different!
Hell...I dunno if you could hear anything BUT your heart POUNDING in your ears under THAT kind of stress?!?! And Hopefully I never find out. But I would IMAGINE under that kind of duress you're lucky if your not blind from the pre-staged of a stress migraine (fuzzy vision....if you've had a true migraine you know what I mean)
Having said that....IMHO police (especially swat) need more training before being released to handle these situations.
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