Vagabond63
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bgrouse said:Nice course! So the instructor intentionally introduced unrealistic parameters into the course in order to get you to fail. Sounds very political.
bgrouse said:That's because you're a dumbass. Intelligent people understand the deck was unrealistically and needlessly stacked against you to make you make those errors. They must raise you Brits to be stupid, loyal subjects.
Thank you for your reply, the course was an eye opener indeed. It was run by representatives of a private security company that specialises in providing bodyguards and other private security functions for VIPs, most of the employees are either ex-special forces or paratroopers or Royal Marine Commandos. The idea of the run around was to artificially create an adrenaline rush and the shouting at us was designed to induce a level of distraction that would come from shouts and screams of nearby bystanders.
As any shooter will tell you, controlling your breathing and heart rate is important when trying to shoot with any degree of accuracy. Short of them shooting live ammunition at us, it was about as realistic as you could get in a simulation.
Interestingly, the gentleman who came top was himself a retired army officer who had seen action in the Falklands, and he only managed 8 bad guys and 3 innocent bystanders!
bgrouse said:It stacks the deck in favor of a violent criminal, who has more experience with it.
Very good point which also makes my argument for me, thank you. Armed or not, a violent criminal will always have more “experience” than a normal “civilian” and be more likely to win in either a “shoot out” or a “punch up”. Very few average people have the skills of a Chuck Norris or a Steven Segal in either fire arms or unarmed combat.
I’ve no objection to people owning guns for recreation, but if they want to use them for “self defence” they should have extensive training and be certified accordingly; if only to avoid the number of innocent bystanders shot accidently by any budding “Rambos” who want to show how macho they are.