Nobody that starts out carrying a gun has the needed "skills" unless they practice and do it correctly. Fact of the matter is, the police train as much as possible and they can only hope that they are better trained than the guy that they are going up against.

Carrying a weapon is pretty useless if you cant use it proficiently.It dosent guarantee anything other than a fighting chance, and that is better than nothing...which is what you would have if you were unarmed and met a gang of illegals that didnt want to get reported.

Its a fact that the average person thinks that they are "good" shots if they can score well on a B-27 target. In reality, that means nothing other than the fact that you can shoot a target standing still that dosent shoot back. Sounds good and looks good, but it does very little to prepare one for an actual shooting situation.

Thats the reason why many depts have used "Simunitions" to train with. Basically its a modified pistol or rifle that shoots 9mm paintballs around 600FPS. They sting when they hit and its about as realistic as you can get and still bragg about how good you did or didnt. They try to induce as much stess as possible.

The first time I ever participated, I was amazed at how many shots were fired without hits. Its a different world when people are moving, shooting, running for cover and juking and jiving. A fumbled reload in the middle of a firefight or even a slow one will get you painted. On a simulated traffic stop, I actually had a guy pull out a little snubnose and shoot at me from a range of about 3 feet and miss. I drew my modified Glock and popped him. Prior to that, I would have argued that NO ONE could miss from 3 feet. Having looked at many actuall police shootings that were caught on camera, some of the events make the hair on your neck stand up.

There are occasions when everything is done by the book, everything was executed perfectly and the good guy still ends up dying. Its a risky thing and its dangerous to get in a gunfight. The best thing you can do is be prayed up, ready to meet the Creator on a moments notice and practice as much as possible in dynamic situations. Anything that one can do to get an edge on the competition certainly cant hurt.

First, we must remember rule no. 1 of gunfighting.

Bringa gun.