That’s why training is so important. Some things must be second nature. No time to process.
I have to admit that I’ve been pretty disappointed with some of the clips I’ve seen. Two police officers on one man, equipped with a tazer, and they can’t take him down. Honestly, it looked like two middle-aged men who were out of shape going up against street fighters. One I saw even had the guy getting away from the two officers, AFTER being tazed, and running and ducking because the guy got to his vehicle and got his gun. Poor cops.
That makes it even more amazing that Kyle was able to keep his cool and fired at the last minute.