Shannow,
Agreed, I used to shoot at a range that the local sherriff's deputies practiced and qualified at. One day I was there before they did their thing and decided to stay and watch. It was not pretty. One guy could blow the center out of anything on command from any distance. Most shot ok meaning they hit the target. One kept attempting to put the magazine in the 9mm pistol backwards. Twice he hung it in the butt before he figured out what he was doing wrong. Then loudly blamed the piece of *it* baretta.
Many cops rarely draw their guns in a career and therefore its just another piece of junk they have to haul around. If you dont practice until the moves become second nature, when you need it most, you cant do what you need to. And I will state as a fact, if you have never shot under pressure as in hunting or competition you dont know how good of a shot you are. Punching holes in paper is only the most basic level of skill one should have if in law enforcement. Unfortunately to train to any level of skill, takes time, money and commitment that few departments have the budget or patience for.
And it also takes a person willing to make that commmitment to be able to acquire these skills. Our buffonish DEA agent in this thread is a poor excuse for a law enforcment agent of any type.
Dan
