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Posted: 1/9/2019 9:46:04 PM EDT
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That's why I went to an RMR on my duty Glock. I'm looking at 30 to 50 yard long hallways with zero time to do anything but engage. The RMR is a revelation about your trigger control. I wont go without if possible. |
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Posted: 1/10/2019 10:31:13 AM EDT
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My duty and off duty both wear an RMR. I wont go without if possible. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That's why I went to an RMR on my duty Glock. I'm looking at 30 to 50 yard long hallways with zero time to do anything but engage. The RMR is a revelation about your trigger control. I wont go without if possible. |
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Posted: 1/13/2019 10:59:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's great and all but doesn't help me in the school environment where I may get no chance to run to my car for a long gun. In patrol, what you are doing makes perfect sense. We have 6 schools and i fought one of the principals on that issue. She wasn't going to short change one of my officers and create a nightmare scenario. |
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Posted: 1/13/2019 3:13:19 PM EDT
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If your an SRO and your rifle is staged in your car, you're doing it wrong. We have 6 schools and i fought one of the principals on that issue. She wasn't going to short change one of my officers and create a nightmare scenario. |
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Posted: 1/13/2019 6:13:10 PM EDT
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My friend works streets in Southeast D.C. They train them to hit the broad side of a barn at conversational distances. Anything better than that and you are on your own time.
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Posted: 1/13/2019 7:54:20 PM EDT
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most cops can't shoot handguns worth a shit
most military can't shoot handguns worth a shit most civilians can't shoot handguns worth a shit for all the above....Some can shoot quite well, but they work at it. |
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Posted: 1/13/2019 8:04:19 PM EDT
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I consider myself an above average shooter, but probably not great. I always cringe at the marksmanship and weapons handling skills at our agency ranges. I’d say 75% are weak shooters, 15% are average, 10% are obvious gun guys/gals and can work a firearm really well.
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Posted: 1/13/2019 8:11:41 PM EDT
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Most only shoot once a year for qualifying and aren't gun people. They are shitty shooters. Some are gun people and shoot often and are good shooters. But they are the exception to the rule. At the end of the day cops are just like everyone else, average citizens. Same with military. Most couldn't shoot for shit, except for the few gun folks. Doesn't matter if you wear a uniform or not. Only people who enjoy shooting guns often are good at it. Practice makes perfect.
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Posted: 1/13/2019 8:17:50 PM EDT
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Looking more closely at the details: I am wondering if the military trained handgun shooters raised the "police" average up |
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Posted: 1/19/2019 1:09:50 AM EDT
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We don't have the budget for the gun safes in the offices yet. |
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Posted: 1/19/2019 10:54:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: we ended up going with security cabinets ($60) over safes, as the offices are small and lockable as well. The SRO has to have their rifle, if its across the school in the parking lot you might as well take them off the table. If you plan on fighting an active shooter with just a sidearm, odds aren't good |
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Posted: 1/21/2019 1:22:45 PM EDT
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Totally depends on the agency, and the officer even in agencies where they provide solid training. Ours was atrocious as everyone knows and from what what my old co-workers say it hasn't gotten any better since this article was written 6 years ago. |
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Posted: 1/22/2019 2:32:14 PM EDT
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Chicago PD. 30 round qualification once a year. Hit the target 23 times you pass! Heard on more than one occasion an officer say they only shoot once a year!
Learned more from Gun Magazines and then Youtube than I ever did from Dept instruction. For me, shooting became a hobby, stress reliever, and a date night activity. Qualification several yrs ago. Target came back with 34 holes in the paper! |
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Posted: 1/22/2019 2:43:28 PM EDT
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most cops can't shoot handguns worth a shit most military can't shoot handguns worth a shit most civilians can't shoot handguns worth a shit for all the above....Some can shoot quite well, but they work at it. |
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Posted: 1/31/2019 10:21:55 PM EDT
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Most only shoot once a year for qualifying and aren't gun people. They are shitty shooters. Some are gun people and shoot often and are good shooters. But they are the exception to the rule. At the end of the day cops are just like everyone else, average citizens. Same with military. Most couldn't shoot for shit, except for the few gun folks. Doesn't matter if you wear a uniform or not. Only people who enjoy shooting guns often are good at it. Practice makes perfect. |
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Posted: 4/7/2019 11:23:03 AM EDT
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Like its been said before, their training as whole is "not so great". Like alot of big departments , take for instance EMS (me being a Medic) our standard of training is not so great either. Can you run a basic code, recognize a stroke, differentiate a right sided MI. If you want to get really good at it (your profession) you got to get into the thick of it, and stay up on your training. Those who want to excel will seek out more training on their own time, and sometimes your own dime. Shooting courses these days I see alot more officers than I used too. And they are more enthusiastic about learning and becoming more proficient.
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Posted: 4/7/2019 11:48:52 AM EDT
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Police firearms training is geared towards the lowest denominator and built around the smallest appropriation imaginable.
Stand and shoot paper. For Officer Beetus, even that is difficult. |
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