Handing Someone A Badge Doesn’t Make Him A Good Shooter Accurately shooting a gun is not like using a camera. It’s not a simple “point and click.” Like any skill — yes, shooting is a skill — shooting a gun accurately requires constant practice and discipline. Firearm presentation, sight acquisition and alignment, trigger discipline, and follow-through are each skills that must be painstakingly developed before one can consider himself an accurate and reliable shooter. Shooters who can go from the holster to breaking multiple shots on target in less than a second didn’t get there by accident. It likely took hundreds of hours and thousands of rounds of practice.
I think a lot of civilians confuse qualified with gunfighter. There is a huge difference in mindset and tactics between the two. An officer should be able to qualify anytime. Surviving a gunfight with a determined foe is something a bit more difficult. SWAT is there for the gunfighters.
It’s been my experience with cops that most can’t hit the broadside of a barn and are ignorant of firearms knowledge in general. Countless times I’ve seen them at the table entering a gun show or a store and they have no idea how to manipulate the weapon controls or basic safety. And the SWAT guys are just there to play commando, most lack any prior military service and are just counting the days until they can flash bang and shoot a someone in their home for resisting a home invasion attack in the wee hours of the night. It’s past time to demilitarize them and curtail their abuse of the people and their God given rights.
I think a lot of civilians confuse qualified with gunfighter. There is a huge difference in mindset and tactics between the two. An officer should be able to qualify anytime. Surviving a gunfight with a determined foe is something a bit more difficult. SWAT is there for the gunfighters.
It’s been my experience with cops that most can’t hit the broadside of a barn and are ignorant of firearms knowledge in general. Countless times I’ve seen them at the table entering a gun show or a store and they have no idea how to manipulate the weapon controls or basic safety. And the SWAT guys are just there to play commando, most lack any prior military service and are just counting the days until they can flash bang and shoot a someone in their home for resisting a home invasion attack in the wee hours of the night. It’s past time to demilitarize them and curtail their abuse of the people and their God given rights.