There is somone on a non-shooting themed message board trying to convice everyone that civilians should not use handguns for self defense.
He is trying to back up his reasoning by pointing to several recent New York police shootings. In one shooting he claims that officers no more than 3 feet from the suspect with guns already drawn, missed the suspect several times. The other incident is the recent shooting at the Empire State building.
He reasons that if "highly trained police officers cannot hit their target, there is no chance civilians will be able to hit their target with a handgun".
Having known several police officers who were also shooting enthusiasts and by the admissions of police officers on this board. I am aware that not all average beat police officers are "highly trained" in markshmanship. I know one officer who says he is only asked by his department to shoot a couple of times a year.
I keep trying to convince the poster on this other board that he is completely and utterly overemphasizing police training in his argument.
Anyone else have any input on how proficient the average, non gun enthusiast police officers are with their side arms?
He is trying to back up his reasoning by pointing to several recent New York police shootings. In one shooting he claims that officers no more than 3 feet from the suspect with guns already drawn, missed the suspect several times. The other incident is the recent shooting at the Empire State building.
He reasons that if "highly trained police officers cannot hit their target, there is no chance civilians will be able to hit their target with a handgun".
Having known several police officers who were also shooting enthusiasts and by the admissions of police officers on this board. I am aware that not all average beat police officers are "highly trained" in markshmanship. I know one officer who says he is only asked by his department to shoot a couple of times a year.
I keep trying to convince the poster on this other board that he is completely and utterly overemphasizing police training in his argument.
Anyone else have any input on how proficient the average, non gun enthusiast police officers are with their side arms?