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Retired Bum said:
Having been in the situation, I stand solidly by my statement.

Nothing will fry your brain faster than return fire. On a night qual one of the training officers threw a flash bang out in front of the officers on the line and I'm certain that some folks got home and changed their shorts. The immediate response was some folks dropped their firearms, some screamed, and a few that had been in the military just waited for the command from the range master...

Unfortunately, life ain't like Hollywood plays it to be...
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SO true. Ive seen guys and gals that you never would have thought knew which end the bullets came out, turn into tigers when the fight started and sadly the reverse is also true, the biggest toughest ones are suddenly nowhere to be found
 
Starting to PM other members of the forum reminds me of that negolien guy from a few months ago. A loud mouthed know it all that also wanted to PM other members of the forum. I'm glad he is gone. My extent of having conversations with other forum members using PMs has been in a friendly way, exchanging information and greetings in a more private way. I, for one, am not interested in dealing with keyboard warriors using PMs. I don't like wasting my time.
 
Belt Fed said:
Sure wish i was able to do that. :(
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Competitions hmmmm, as a retired police officer, I was told they were bad. However as I gained in age and experience, I learned I had been not told the truth. Law enforcement and civilian's alike can learn things from competitions and competitors. ;ie; mag changes, movement with firearm in hand, how to resolve malfunctions quickly, to transition from one type firearm to the another ie; long gun to handgun and back. These were things that were not taught at the academy or in yearly training until the last 10 years of my employment. The better you handle transition's between weapons, mag change reloads, the better your chance of survival. Your shooting should improve. But you have to invest the time, not the just 40 hrs a year your department requires.
Your time, not anyone else, to get better for the competition you enjoy or for your job. As a LEO, you can pick up some info that can and will help you . You still have to invest the time.
 
Ethan Sackett said:
But you have to invest the time, not the just 40 hrs a year your department requires.
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I took every firearms course my department offered, then I started paying for non departmental classes out of pocket for handgun, rifle, and shotgun. Some of the stuff they taught worked for me, some didnt (I never learned to be comfortable with the thumb forward grip). Force on Force was the best teacher. If you got hit, you felt it, saw the marks, and learned you mistakes with paint not blood on the street. Late in my career my department adopted F on F as part of out twice yearly quals. Sadly the required quals arent enough. Some of us took that seriously too many didnt.

From the beginning I have been accused of pontificating and being pompous and blamed for attacking the original posters question. Perhaps I did, although without a malicious intent; but I ask now three pages into this, which ones of you who attack me have answered the OPs question? You guys say you dont like know it alls, and yet you seem to be sitting in judgment of my opinions. Is it just possible that some of my thoughts were learned where failure had serious repercussions. Im old now and just trying to pass on some of that knowledge, at least some of you are acting like you are the know it alls.

I suggested a PM with the hopes that cooler minds might prevail without the gladiatorial games of an open forum. I have spoken to a couple members and reached an understanding with at least one. Others who claim Im not open to other points of view have refused to talk. Now that sure sounds like a closed mind to me.
 
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