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I’ve had more guns pointed at me by cops then I have criminals
Gave a safety test to a new member of the club a few weeks ago. Retired law enforcement. For the handgun test the member needs to hit an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper at 7 yards 3 times in a row. Guy missed once and had 2 holes about 6 inches apart. I said sorry sir you'll have to reschedule another test. He said "I'm retired law enforcement and an expert marksman....and 7 yards is a bit far for handgun work isn't it?". I said professionally "sir feel free to look at the target again Maybe there is a third hole I'm not seeing". He left and said he'd reschedule. What I wanted to say was "holy f*** dude.....expert marksman? I'd hate to see the cops that are marginal if that's expert!"Sounds like a classic draw/holster ND.
Anyone who has shot with cops knows that in general they are terrible gun handlers/shooters. Yes there are exceptions, but I've seen at least 10 soup sandwiches for every competent gun handler/marksman be it pistol or rifle.
We privide access to our range to 3 different town police forces. Each town gets 3 access cards so that rhe officers can come anytime and practice. The cards rarely get used.It's truly unfortunate that officers don't get a lot more training both in hand to hand combat and firearms usage. They should really be training 15-25% of the time. He'll, if you just had weekly quals of 10 shots or mandatory dry fire time with lasers for scoring and tracked scores I'm sure you'd see huge improvements.
8½"x11" sheet of blank paper?Gave a safety test to a new member of the club a few weeks ago. Retired law enforcement. For the handgun test the member needs to hit an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper at 7 yards 3 times in a row. Guy missed once and had 2 holes about 6 inches apart. .... He said "I'm retired law enforcement and an expert marksman ... What I wanted to say was "holy f*** dude.....expert marksman? I'd hate to see the cops that are marginal if that's expert!"
I'll take "problems that police don't have in Kenosha" for $100, Alex.It's truly unfortunate that officers don't get a lot more training both in hand to hand combat and firearms usage.
I never said it was blank. It's a standard target on 8.5 x 11 paper.8½"x11" sheet of blank paper?
You hardass.
You could at least have thrown him a bone
and given him a real target to aim at.
I'll take "problems that police don't have in Kenosha" for $100, Alex.
Named "Clancy"?... I shoot skeet ... three guys walk past the barricade ... John's pointing a shotgun just about directly at them. ... One of them ... the police chief in my town.
If you have to resort to doing that every time you holster, then maybe feeding goldfish at petco might be a better career.Friend of mine at a range a couple of months ago said something that made a lot of sense.
"Put your feet together before you reholster". That way, your foot/leg aren't sticking out below your holster. If you ND into the holster, it goes into the ground.
He said this to me when we were talking about a guy shooting himself in the foot at one of our local ranges.