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LEWISVILLE — A man is accused of fatally stabbing and beating his 16-month-old son before a neighbor at his Lewisville apartment complex attempted to stop the attack by shooting him in the leg, police said Sunday.

oljames3 wrote: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:23 am When I read reports such as this, I stop and think "could I have made that shot?" I have trained to hit targets moving in a rhythmic manner, but people do not move in that way. I have trained in shooting and reloading while moving. This helps in preparing for a real-world encounter, but it is not the same. Could I shoot another person? I have already made that decision, but I was aided by SGT Jett at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, in 1973. Can I function in a loud, confusing, stressful environment? USPSA pistol matches and 34 years as a field artilleryman show that I can get acceptable hits and function under stress. SGT Jett helped with that, too. We each have to define our minimum acceptable competency level.

John Correia, of Active Self Protection, talks about "whether a firearm we carry on our person for protection is really a defensive tool, or if it’s actually a woobie."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZYQ-B2sdBU

John Daub, of KR Training, discusses minimum competency for defensive pistol.
https://blog.hsoi.com/2013/07/11/minimu ... ve-pistol/

I'm still working on my competency. I attend training several times a year. I go to the range at least once a quarter. I dry fire. I participate in USPSA matches. I may never be able to be as good as I want to be, but I will do my best to be as good as I can in using my chosen self defense tool.

Jusme wrote: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:37 am

oljames3 wrote: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:23 am When I read reports such as this, I stop and think "could I have made that shot?" I have trained to hit targets moving in a rhythmic manner, but people do not move in that way. I have trained in shooting and reloading while moving. This helps in preparing for a real-world encounter, but it is not the same. Could I shoot another person? I have already made that decision, but I was aided by SGT Jett at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, in 1973. Can I function in a loud, confusing, stressful environment? USPSA pistol matches and 34 years as a field artilleryman show that I can get acceptable hits and function under stress. SGT Jett helped with that, too. We each have to define our minimum acceptable competency level.

John Correia, of Active Self Protection, talks about "whether a firearm we carry on our person for protection is really a defensive tool, or if it’s actually a woobie."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZYQ-B2sdBU

John Daub, of KR Training, discusses minimum competency for defensive pistol.
https://blog.hsoi.com/2013/07/11/minimu ... ve-pistol/

I'm still working on my competency. I attend training several times a year. I go to the range at least once a quarter. I dry fire. I participate in USPSA matches. I may never be able to be as good as I want to be, but I will do my best to be as good as I can in using my chosen self defense tool.

That's probably, a question everyone asks themselves. I know as a LEO, I practiced, on several different potential scenarios, and have expanded, that since I have been a civilian, but, since we never know, when we will have to actually use those skills, or whether, our brain, and body will actually perform under stress, is something we probably won't know, beforehand.
According to the story, the shooter, fired three times, and only struck the guy once. Of course we don't know, the distance, whether, he had a clear shot, without possibly striking the child, or someone else, the angle, the type of gun, the shooter's competency, and training, or a myriad, of other things. Since as you said, most SD situations, will not involve, a person standing perfectly still, while we take careful, aim, like we would at a stationary paper target, it will all come down, to skill level, training, mental attitude, and probably a little bit of luck. JMHO