Well we can go back and forth forever on this. As far as the bad guys from gang land getting in a lot of target practice. Never say never, but in my neck of the woods there are four or five shooting ranges and I have used them all and haven't seen any "gang land" types at any of them so where they are doing all their target practice is a mystery to me. I realize a lot of LEO's are blindsided so that's why I mentioned the Ferguson situation. The LEO said he was beaten by the perp, well I've seen guys who have been in fights and that LEO didn't look too beaten up to me. The significance of this "beaten up" aspect is that it disabled the LEO and that is WHY he shot 12 times and only got 6 hits of which only one was fatal. In other words the reason he didn't do a very good job shooting was because of his injured condition. If that is the situation.
On the sights, as I said Hickok raised his revolvers to eye level and that store clerk I mentioned raised his revolver to eye level. The point thing is more instinctive. The reason I mentioned the 4" groups at 100 yards was to point out, although I didn't explain very well, that a handgun has the potential of being accurate at fairly long ranges if the shooter can support the gun and take lots of time, so what we have is a firearm that is being used in two different ways, with the sights and instinctive.
I myself have given this issue some thought. My issue is how some perps get into gun fights with trained LEOs and either win or are a lot harder to subdue than you would think. I think the perps are pointing and shooting off a lot of rounds quickly and the bullets have to go somewhere and this is why trained LEOs get hit.
The sad reality is at a very close range maybe there really isn't any one technique that will help insure you win the gun battle. My personal view is that in order to shoot fast you must practice that way. I do a certain amount of "Off" or left hand shooting just in case I'm ever in a situation where my right arm is injured.
I think LEO's ought to be allowed to carry whatever sidearms they choose. If an LEO does better with a 6" barrel revolver, then that's what he ought to be able to carry. Those that carry longer barrel revolvers could also tote a smaller semi auto as a back up if a lot of fire power is needed. My gut feeling is LEO's with long barrel revolvers would be winning a lot more gun fights.
On the sights, as I said Hickok raised his revolvers to eye level and that store clerk I mentioned raised his revolver to eye level. The point thing is more instinctive. The reason I mentioned the 4" groups at 100 yards was to point out, although I didn't explain very well, that a handgun has the potential of being accurate at fairly long ranges if the shooter can support the gun and take lots of time, so what we have is a firearm that is being used in two different ways, with the sights and instinctive.
I myself have given this issue some thought. My issue is how some perps get into gun fights with trained LEOs and either win or are a lot harder to subdue than you would think. I think the perps are pointing and shooting off a lot of rounds quickly and the bullets have to go somewhere and this is why trained LEOs get hit.
The sad reality is at a very close range maybe there really isn't any one technique that will help insure you win the gun battle. My personal view is that in order to shoot fast you must practice that way. I do a certain amount of "Off" or left hand shooting just in case I'm ever in a situation where my right arm is injured.
I think LEO's ought to be allowed to carry whatever sidearms they choose. If an LEO does better with a 6" barrel revolver, then that's what he ought to be able to carry. Those that carry longer barrel revolvers could also tote a smaller semi auto as a back up if a lot of fire power is needed. My gut feeling is LEO's with long barrel revolvers would be winning a lot more gun fights.