I've just finished reading about the shooting at the Empire State Building today, and there was one particular part of the story that just floored me:
So here's my question for the inhabitants of this learned forum: does this actually reflect the kind of accuracy we can expect from ourselves under threat? Does this reflect the tendency of most police officers to not practice much with their firearms? Or is there some other factor I'm missing?
- The two policemen were EIGHT FEET AWAY, and only hit the gunman 7 out of 16 times!
So here's my question for the inhabitants of this learned forum: does this actually reflect the kind of accuracy we can expect from ourselves under threat? Does this reflect the tendency of most police officers to not practice much with their firearms? Or is there some other factor I'm missing?