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To: Judith Anne

“Would you seriously advise me to stop after every shot, to assess the situation? Are you a trainer?”


I would not. I am an instructor. If it becomes evident that the threat has been neutralized, stop shooting.

I would not recommend that you *always* empty the gun, but that is what commonly happens because of stress and adrenaline. In a violent situation it is often very hard to know exactly what is happening.

I think that Shooter 2.5 would give much the same advise. He has just been saying that it is a bad policy to *always* empty the gun. There might be other threats. There might be limited ammo. Stay bullets go somewhere.

I think he is just objecting to the idea that you are committed to always emptying the gun.

I don’t think that is what you meant at all. I think you meant that you would keep firing as long as there was a threat, and that would usually mean that you would empty the gun.


155 posted on 12/27/2008 11:51:18 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain; Shooter 2.5

You may think that’s what he meant, but I disagree. However, I will go with my instructor’s advise, which sounds remarkably like yours, thanks.

The other seems strictly theoretical, and not from the standpoint of experience. As I have had 1st hand experience with violence in the ER and on neuropsych as a nurse, and firearms training from a state LEO, I will go with what I know.


160 posted on 12/27/2008 12:04:10 PM PST by Judith Anne
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