He meant that for a close quarter situation and doing what he had to do to get a fix on the sniper for the longer range type of situation. He's used to hearing gun fire on the range and in the hills where we somtimes shoot and has a good ear for it as a result
What we need are teams patrolling out on the perimeter for the sniper activity. We may have to come to that ... I know where I live that there would be no shortage of volunteers.