I spent the entire morning today “shooting” on a VirTra triple 12-foot screen computer registered and interactive scenario trainer.
https://www.virtra.com/overview-le/
https://www.virtra.com/overview-le/
https://www.virtra.com/overview-le/
Everything from my reaction times, shot splits, the number of shots fired. are all counted. All CNS hits, solid body hits, poor hits, misses, hostage hits, etc. control the action of the suspect(s) on screen in real time. Every input (shot, spray, taser) is recorded, graphed and compared to the data from thousands of previous students that the makers used as a huge statistical pool. My movements and communication are triggers for the operator to alter scenarios as they unfold; some were non shooters, some were nearly unwinnable craziness…none today were easy.
I’m no gunslinging Wyatt Earp by ANY stretch of the imagination, but I’ve been doing the job for 30 years, with 27 in pretty darn rough parts of So Cal. I spent 13 years on swat/srt teams, lead rangemaster for past 10 and been run through multiple generations of video scenario training and in force on force encounters dozens of times (Even had one force on force course on extraditions that was held on a Boeing 727). I am fortunate to say as a result I do have a bit more under the belt in this realm than most folks and I have a fairly good idea of my own performance abilities and limitations when the chips are down.
The one thing I can say about a legally armed civilian getting caught up in a shooting situation at home or in public is; don’t bank on things unfolding like how you’ve planned over the years at the range. With humans there is never such thing as an absolute, and rarely do pre-made plans work out like you think they will.