Police vs. civilian shooters....a study on police cadets and shooting skills....

2aguy

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Hmmm...and so another meme by anti gunners gets shot down...(notice the pun)........are police better shooters than your average untrained civilian......especially out of the academy......tune in to this same Bat Channel, same Bat time....and look below....

Study Why Police Firearms Training Sucks - The Truth About Guns


SURPRISING HIT RATES. Generally, the Experts scored the most hits. But the edge they enjoyed often proved, at best, surprisingly narrow. Notably:

• At most distances, there was “no significant difference” in percentage of hits between Expert and Intermediate groups.

• Against targets 18 to 45 feet away, Intermediates actually registered a higher hit ratio than academy trained shooters–about 41% vs. 38%.

• At three to 15 feet, where most officer fatalities occur, Expert shooters hit one of the major-damage zones on the target “with eight out of nine bullets they fired,” the researchers found, while Novices hit “with seven of the nine bullets they fired”–a scant advantage for the trained recruits of just a single round.


 
Thats like comparing the hand to hand fighting skills of a police recruit....to a local martial arts practitioner. Of course the older and more experienced human will perform better in a skill.

Many police cadets have never shot a gun before. Just like many military recruits have never shot before. Not other than hunting rifles maybe.

An avid civilian shooter likely has a LOT more practice plinking paper targets than the average 23 yr old police academy recruit.
 
Thats like comparing the hand to hand fighting skills of a police recruit....to a local martial arts practitioner. Of course the older and more experienced human will perform better in a skill.

Many police cadets have never shot a gun before. Just like many military recruits have never shot before. Not other than hunting rifles maybe.

An avid civilian shooter likely has a LOT more practice plinking paper targets than the average 23 yr old police academy recruit.


It does go to the anti gun meme that civilians won't be able to use a gun for self defense.....this points out that isn't a correct assumption...as so many self defense stories show......
 
Btw...im very pro gun.

Just saying...theres a few variables in these studies comparing civilian vs cop in target shooting. Just like martial arts...its 80% just the individuals physical abilities....20% the training.

Shooting has as much to do with hand/eye coordination, strong hands, raw focus as it does advanced training.

In police academy...a few of the top.shots had never fired a gun and they were nailing the target after just a few dozen familiarization shots.
 
Thats like comparing the hand to hand fighting skills of a police recruit....to a local martial arts practitioner. Of course the older and more experienced human will perform better in a skill.

Many police cadets have never shot a gun before. Just like many military recruits have never shot before. Not other than hunting rifles maybe.

An avid civilian shooter likely has a LOT more practice plinking paper targets than the average 23 yr old police academy recruit.


It does go to the anti gun meme that civilians won't be able to use a gun for self defense.....this points out that isn't a correct assumption...as so many self defense stories show......

Very true. And a great point.

I compare it to taking martial arts. Sometimes it helps. Other times it doesnt. There are UFC fighters who would destroy some higher ranked martial artists despite having less training.
 
My whole point is to show that the anti gunners don't know what they are talking about.....they never do.....they don't like people and assume that normal, law abiding people are sociopaths just waiting to murder other people.......
 
My whole point is to show that the anti gunners don't know what they are talking about.....they never do.....they don't like people and assume that normal, law abiding people are sociopaths just waiting to murder other people.......

Yep. Agreed.
 

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