mercop
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The easiest shortest drill (but telling) can be done with two spring loaded air soft guns and cheap holsters. Get two shooters to stand with guns concealed at arms distance with firearms concealed. I have not done so yet but if you put BP cuffs on them there is no doubt they will show a significant rise in BP and pulse. The shooters are instructed that once you drop a t-shirt or other item on the ground they are to draw and fire on each other. You will see all kinds of crazy stuff in the way of body positions and responses. Just one example.
Recently on another forum someone commented on the low round count in our Combative Pistol Course I had posted (about 400 rounds). I replied that the idea of the course was not to teach you how to shoot or to teach you how to shoot fast at stationary targets. That would be like training a QB by having him stand still and throwing a football through a tire. We train on when and how to get your pistol into the fight during bad situations.
Here is the comparison between police and citizen I will go a bit further. Most police whether on or off duty will not hesitate to draw their pistol in reaction to the sound of a scream, gun shot or whatever. A citizen likely will hesitate for fear or repercussions. It is my experience that police are more likely to pre-deploy their weapon. Because of this just like you stated lots of police involved shootings occur after the police have already drawn down on subject. There is no perceived reason to create distance to draw your weapon since it is already out. People seem to stay flat footed and fixate on putting rounds on target. Even then we have seen some alarming hit rates.
The reaction of the police officer or armed citizen during a spontaneous attack is likely to be the same in regards to trying to get their gun out and into the fight while trying to avoid getting shot. We have seen videos of these shootings where it looks like the officer has hips like Elvis. The primary reason is that humans usually respond to their weak side when trying to get away and their strong side when deploying their firearm. Under combat stress with the trained/untrained minds battling each other you see people falling down, tripping, all kinds of crazy stuff.
When people are primarily trained with an audible que they will likely stand their ground or step back slightly with the strong side foot when the buzzer sounds. Why? Because even if their is a threat it is likely not to be rushing them.
In contrast when you are rushed by someone (visual que) and do not automatically see a weapon your instinct tells you to create distance. To do this you usually step back with your reaction side foot. If you do see a weapon and are trying to get away at the same time you are drawing your gun it will likely be one handed shooting as your barrel comes up horizontal between you and the threat.(picture you pointing your finger at the threat) I realize this can be hard to visualize this but hope I am getting the point across.
So the police are more likely to pre-deploy their weapon even if 99% of the time they never have to fire. The citizen is very unlikely to pre-deploy his weapon (at least in public) and when he does he is usually going to be in a situation where he shooting as he draws. Firing upon drawing in response to a visual que while retreating to the reacting side is one of the missing links in combative pistol. Everyone looks silly doing it but it is a very important survival skill IMHO.
Recently on another forum someone commented on the low round count in our Combative Pistol Course I had posted (about 400 rounds). I replied that the idea of the course was not to teach you how to shoot or to teach you how to shoot fast at stationary targets. That would be like training a QB by having him stand still and throwing a football through a tire. We train on when and how to get your pistol into the fight during bad situations.
Here is the comparison between police and citizen I will go a bit further. Most police whether on or off duty will not hesitate to draw their pistol in reaction to the sound of a scream, gun shot or whatever. A citizen likely will hesitate for fear or repercussions. It is my experience that police are more likely to pre-deploy their weapon. Because of this just like you stated lots of police involved shootings occur after the police have already drawn down on subject. There is no perceived reason to create distance to draw your weapon since it is already out. People seem to stay flat footed and fixate on putting rounds on target. Even then we have seen some alarming hit rates.
The reaction of the police officer or armed citizen during a spontaneous attack is likely to be the same in regards to trying to get their gun out and into the fight while trying to avoid getting shot. We have seen videos of these shootings where it looks like the officer has hips like Elvis. The primary reason is that humans usually respond to their weak side when trying to get away and their strong side when deploying their firearm. Under combat stress with the trained/untrained minds battling each other you see people falling down, tripping, all kinds of crazy stuff.
When people are primarily trained with an audible que they will likely stand their ground or step back slightly with the strong side foot when the buzzer sounds. Why? Because even if their is a threat it is likely not to be rushing them.
In contrast when you are rushed by someone (visual que) and do not automatically see a weapon your instinct tells you to create distance. To do this you usually step back with your reaction side foot. If you do see a weapon and are trying to get away at the same time you are drawing your gun it will likely be one handed shooting as your barrel comes up horizontal between you and the threat.(picture you pointing your finger at the threat) I realize this can be hard to visualize this but hope I am getting the point across.
So the police are more likely to pre-deploy their weapon even if 99% of the time they never have to fire. The citizen is very unlikely to pre-deploy his weapon (at least in public) and when he does he is usually going to be in a situation where he shooting as he draws. Firing upon drawing in response to a visual que while retreating to the reacting side is one of the missing links in combative pistol. Everyone looks silly doing it but it is a very important survival skill IMHO.