“Let me be the first to say it: The guy needs to spend a bit more time at the range.”
Even people who shoot well on the range often miss the first time they’re faced with the prospect of actually shooting a person.
“The deadliest weapon in the world is a marine and his rifle. It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong, you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead marines. And then you will be in a world of shit. Because marines are not allowed to die without permission. Do you maggots understand?”
R. Lee Ermey
And he said it over and over and over to make sure it sunk in with his recruits.