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If you shoot a box (50rnds) of ammo a month you are getting roughly 10x more trigger time than most officers.
We have a few officers in our local competitions, and from what they say your average patrolman is EXTREMELY unprepared for any type of armed conflict.
Our local PD's require qualifaction twice a year, each qualification is a 50 round course. 25 rounds slow fire @ 15 yards, 25 rounds rapid fire (1 shot a second) @ 7 yards with various conditions set on shot placement. 70% is passing.
I did a few IDPA training courses over the summer with some of the local rural agencies around here, thier general lack of firearms training is sadface making.
We have a few officers in our local competitions, and from what they say your average patrolman is EXTREMELY unprepared for any type of armed conflict.
Our local PD's require qualifaction twice a year, each qualification is a 50 round course. 25 rounds slow fire @ 15 yards, 25 rounds rapid fire (1 shot a second) @ 7 yards with various conditions set on shot placement. 70% is passing.
I did a few IDPA training courses over the summer with some of the local rural agencies around here, thier general lack of firearms training is sadface making.
Yeah, shooting is expensive. Even reloading my own ammo I go through $500 a month on a good month.
Most self defense type ammo is roughly a buck a round.
Most self defense type ammo is roughly a buck a round.
Goatface
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1 cop i know, his dept gets a lot of money from traffic cams and nascar, they have indoor range and get 50 rounds a week to shoot if they want. said he normally shoot 200-300 every 2 weeks as several others don't want to come in on their day off to shoot.
on the other hand, my local dept has 12 officers, they have a bulldozed road with a dirt mound for practice and get nothing free, but last thing i remember them shooting was a snake a couple of years ago.
heard this silliness on the news
NBC's Display of a 30-Shot Gun Magazine Prompts a Police Inquiry
on the other hand, my local dept has 12 officers, they have a bulldozed road with a dirt mound for practice and get nothing free, but last thing i remember them shooting was a snake a couple of years ago.
heard this silliness on the news
NBC's Display of a 30-Shot Gun Magazine Prompts a Police Inquiry
Heard about this today as well, go go tax dollars.
I have no problems with a NHC or more social programs in general, I just have a problem with how the cash is spent.
Fadaar
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http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/publ...ssault-weapons
This is insane and I hope nothing comes of it.
This is insane and I hope nothing comes of it.
They can prove nothing. Many places sell normal looking AR mags that are permanently blocked to only hold 10 rounds. Who's to say it isn't one of those? Externally they look identical.
B_Mizzle
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$1000? Have you lost your mind? It probably costs an academy $1000 a day just to keep the range open and heated. Add in ammo costs, range supervisors, weapons, weapon maintenance, disposal....
In any event, very interesting read about aspartme. I always thought it was the worst of the artificial sweeteners.
Loser Araysar
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Even a city as big as Chicago doesnt have its own range, its just not cost effective. These numbers being thrown around are pure fantasy. The percentage of time that a typical CPD recruit spends on gun training at the academy is easily less than 5%.
Big Phoenix
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A clear example of systemic government insidiousness. This small P.D. has ~100 or so sworn officers. I think we can find far more disturbing hiring practices and at a much larger scale than this isolated incident. This story just makes for a catchy headline that mouth-breathers can pass on to one another and pat themselves on the back while they rage at Teh Man.
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Just out of curiosity, has anyone seen anyone fail a CCW class for being a bad shot? we had to shoot at ours, and I was the worst shot probably, but still shot fine. So I can't speak from experience.
I would like to see CCW live fire requirements beefed up some. Require something like an IDPA or USPSA classifier that calls for a few reloads and transitions.
The cost would have to go up, but I think it would be worth it.
The cost would have to go up, but I think it would be worth it.
Leadsalad
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Well, reloads in that you don't sweep yourself, or people to the side of you. And instead of transitions, how about threat assessment instead. Blind room you enter and decide if there's a threat and when you take the shot, it tests your ability to properly be aware of your target's foreground and background.