About 4 years ago I went to a shooting class they advertised as being used by Portland, OR police.
They showed videos of armed criminals and we were graded on our response.
The sick one was one man, on the ground 20 feet from me holding a knife.
As I am an excellent shot, I just held fire and just waited for him to drop the knife.
I waited and waited and was told the correct response was to shoot him. I was shocked.
“The sick one was one man, on the ground 20 feet from me holding a knife.
As I am an excellent shot, I just held fire and just waited for him to drop the knife.
I waited and waited and was told the correct response was to shoot him. I was shocked.”
That’s because they did tests and found that the average person can cross twenty feet to stab you before the average person has time to draw their weapon and fire.
Tueller drill.
Now, no doubt you are an excellent shot, but when is the last time a target at the range ran screaming at you, took four rounds and still slashed your throat?