RobMoore
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Fair enough, but I think if it was a one shot stop, the prosecuter would have just went with a slightly different angle. The jury only asked those questions because the prosecutor put it in their heads.
Without splitting hairs, you're missing a couple of steps that are all too often skipped in SD training. They get skipped because we don't often have access to ranges that allow us to teach them properly:
Step 1: MOVE!!! Get off the X!!
Step 2: Draw.
Step 3: Keep moving!!! Toward cover if it's available.
Step 3: Shoot! Keep shooting until the perp(s) is/are down or they give up the attack.
Step 4: Re-assess the situation from behind cover.
Mark Wilson probably left out steps 1, 3, and most certainly step 4. Unfortunately, the local indoor range takes a dim view of folks running back and forth, crossing lanes, and firing. This is one training gap where IDPA, IPSC and the other competitions of like nature can at least help you retain some muscle memory of what to do besides standing in one place while checking to see if you hit the target.
Arroyo was already engaged in a heated gun battle with sheriff's deputies and Tyler police officers and apparently did not see Wilson.
Wilson fired one round at Arroyo, causing him to stumble. A witness saw the round strike Arroyo and saw "white puffs of powder-like substance" come from Arroyo's clothing. This appeared to be the first time Arroyo was hit or injured during his attack on the courthouse. Wilson then took cover behind Arroyo's truck.
As Arroyo approached, Wilson stood up and fired again at Arroyo over the truck, hitting him; however, Arroyo was wearing a bulletproof vest, and Wilson's shots did not disable him. Arroyo turned and fired at least one shot at Wilson, who faltered and disappeared from view behind the truck. Arroyo then fired at him three times, killing him.
So Wilson shot, moved of the mythical X and did moved to cover. He engaged the threat from cover. Basically, he did a lot of things right given the choices he made for battle, but still lost. He likely had no way to know that the cover he had chosen was the BG's own vehicle and the BG was determined to use it for his egress.
Don't practice any preset number of shots over and over again. Always mix it up. Nobody knows how many shots it will take ahead of time. Could be 1, 5, 2, the whole magazine plus a reload, or none.
What is this shoot 2 and re-assess? ALWAYS assess! You don't shut off your brain while shooting, if you want to live.
Bull.Five rounds in a wee revolver with crappy sights, does not cut it.
One of my favorite training games is to tie a helium ballon on to the back of rc car and have a friend control it. It's actually just as fun to be the driver as the shooter and it really builds a solid skill, too.not to derail the thread but anybody have any cheap ideas for simulating a moving terrestrial target?
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Five rounds in a wee revolver with crappy sights, does not cut it.
Bull.
Most SD encounters aren't against a gang with uzi's. "Rule of three" isn't a theory, it's an evaluation of incidents. 3 shots, 3 feet, 3 seconds.
I always smile to myself when I see someone carrying a gun with 18 rounds and 2 spare magazines.
Mark Wilson was shot while behind cover. In fact, he was using the engine compartment of a truck for cover. Depending on accounts, he was shot while engaging from behind cover.
This brings up an important point. You can do everything right the day of your gunfight and still die! That's the nature of the beast. Something you should keep in mind when you are making your decision to fight or flee.
And a 5-rd revolver with a 5-rd reload wouldn't have been enough gun here? How so? I'm glad you're comfortable with a Glock, but my point was that the wheelgunner with the j-frame is sufficiently armed. Or me, with my 1911, totalling 9 rounds, would I be undergunned?I don't know, but that clean, loaded, quite new (a year or more is new!) Glock 19 with TruGlow sights, felt really good.