Originally Posted By: MrHorspwer
Originally Posted By: Jason8691
Originally Posted By: MrHorspwer
Originally Posted By: Jason8691
It seems that if people could shoot better, they wouldnt need multiple pre-loaded magazines. I watched a special on the FBI tracking a gang of bank robbers. They cornered one of them, and between 12 FBI agents, 52 shots were fired in less than a minute. The bank robber was hit ONE time, and it was a graze to his cheek. If they knew how to shoot, they may have actually hit the guy instead of everything around him. I think if they didn't have tons of ammo, they may place their shots better.
Spoken like a true internet expert.
It's just that easy, right? Shoot better and you won't need more rounds. Nevermind the bad guys with nothing to lose shooting back at you. You just need to place your shots better.
Have you ever been shot at? No not an Internet expert, 22 years in the military and about 35 'years of shooting. We're taught to not waste ammo, so yes-it is that easy. Don't panic and just spray and pray, aim center mass and squeeze the trigger. If l know l only have 6 shots, lm not going to waste them.
No, like most people, I have never been shot at. So, like most people, I have no idea how I will react to an extreme stress situation where I need to draw a pistol in defense.
Have I tried to prepare myself as best I can, by taking defensive pistol courses and actively practicing defensive pistol exercises? Yeah, sure... but cardboard doesn't shoot back.
Do I feel prepared should the unfortunate occur? Yes, I am confident that I will respond appropriatly. That doesn't mean I'm going to puff out my chest and critique an unknown gunfight involving law enforcement agents, boiling it down to the very simple sentiment, "They need to shoot better." That is akin to saying that if Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to win a Sprint Cup, he needs to, "Drive better." Maybe if you gave him a car with 50 less HP or three gallons less fuel, he'd be more likely to make it count.
Offering simple solutions to an impossibly complex physicaliogical response makes you an Internet expert.
Well, thanks for explaining to me what an internet expert is. And what you are doing is what you should do, be more prepared than the other guy. Next time I will go to ridiculous depths in explaining what I mean-and then get called a know it all. Thanks but I will stick with the simpler method. Most people, when shooting in a high stress situation, will look in the same direction their weapon is pointed and shoot away. Which is ok if you are a manning a machine gun, not ok if you are trying to conserve ammo and actually hit something. My point was that given the supposed professionalism of the FBI, 12 agents shooting at a guy less than 20 feet away with pistols and shotguns should have been able to kill the guy. Instead, 52 shots later, he had a graze under one eye. Had they calmed down, aimed at him-not in his general direction-they would have hit him. I bet if they had revolvers and knew they didn't have two more magazines and 30+ more rounds to spray in his direction, they would have used the skills they were taught and actually hit him. Thats why lasers and lights are good tools for home defense, the shooter doesn't have to line up two sights and aim at something that is moving, they put the laser on him and shoot. But here Im rambling, and I hope I don't sound like an internet expert again.