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Grayling813 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:20 pm It's a somewhat obvious truth, with plenty of stories just on this forum, about LTC students who have never shot a handgun before, qualifying successfully for their license. When I took my LTC course, there was an older lady who had never shot before, didn't even own a handgun, who qualified on first attempt with a borrowed handgun. Point and shoot at 3-7 yards is fairly accurate for anyone who has no training.

Overall good article.

Even “naive shooters,” untrained and unpracticed with handguns, are amazingly accurate in making head shots at close range, and tend to shoot for the head instinctively;
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The speed with which an officer can be put behind the reactionary curve, even by assailants who have no expertise with firearms, is startling.

1. “Training that is focused on accuracy first and speed second is not going to cut it” in preparing officers for the realities of a gunfight, he told FSN. The emphasis needs to be on developing “relevant speed, especially at close distances, combined with precision shooting.” That life-saving blend is possible to achieve, but it requires specialized instruction that goes far beyond mere qualification shooting and, being a perishable skill, it demands continual reinforcement.

“Too many officers think that because they’ve been on the job for a number of years or have scored 100% on their qualifications that they’re prepared for the realities of a high-speed, close-range shoot-out. They don’t realize just how fast things are going to happen at average gunfight distances. It’s time for them to reexamine their beliefs, which definitely will not stand up to reality.