Gunned Down in Vegas: What Really Happened to Erik Scott?
“…The overwhelming majority of police officers are very conscientious and well trained…”
You had me right up to this.
If you truly believe this, you’re a fool. If not, you’re a liar. There’s no third option.
The “overwhelming majority of police officers” never fire their weapon outside yearly quals. Stories abound of cops with weapons rusted solid from being worn in too many sweaty days and never being cleaned.
The TRUTH is that the overwhelming majority of conscientious CITIZENS are much better trained than cops. I shoot nearly weekly. I compete in IPSC/USPSA on a regular basis – but due to physical handicap never score even close to the top. My marksmanship is impeccable, my ability to move is slow, so I lose.
Still, I’d bet a paycheck that if you were to pick AT RANDOM from standard detectives/patrol officers (ie: not your “swat” or other “special” cops) any “whole-bodied” cop, I’d beat him in a standard “practical shooting” challenge.
And – as I’ve said – I’m not even that good.
Personal situation aside, one needs only compare the hit-ratio of “Only-Ones” shootings to standard law-abiding citizen self-defense cases.
Every study done has shown that we regular-guys usually double or triple the hits. “Only-Ones” are several times more likely to hit an innocent, or to hit some other non-target down-range.
The undeniable FACT is that most “only ones” are barely competent with their sidearms.
Of course, it’s pretty easy to hit a standing, non-resisting target from 10 feet, but I digress…
