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Stress shooting: Training for ‘time is life’ scenarios
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Mark A. Taff
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Unfortunately, many people who carry concealed are incapable of operating under battle stress. Those of us who are current or prior military or law enforcement receive some training in how to keep our cool and focus in a time-is-life situation. In comparison, I have been to two CCL courses (one in Texas and one in Arizona) and the shooting portions of both were very simple, very calm, static shoots. Seeing how many people missed under relaxed conditions has highlighted how ill-prepared the average CCL applicant is. In the absence of regulation-mandated stress shoots, it is incumbent upon us to train harder for the worst case scenario. |
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Sosalty
(11/25/2016)
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True, if a shooter appeared I'd be attempted to just run off, especially if the perp had a pistol. Few shooters can hit their targets, even more so under stress. After knocking down steel targets at 40yds, I carried with some confidence, until recently I encountered 25yd targets at our local monthly IDPA match and couldn't hit! My glasses no longer allowed me to focus on my sights. Anyone who isn't training/shooting regularly and carrying, is walking around with a false belief they can utilize their defensive weapon effectively. |
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