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Originally Posted by casey

FS - You are assuming that someone who is "trained" will be more apt to win in a gunfight because of "technical skill" and a government position? Big letters on the back of your jacket won't help you do the deed. Its the individual that wins gunfights not the agency of assignment.

In any large metropolitan setting, odds are you are NOT going to pick the setting, or circumstances of your shooting. Shit just happens. However, if you have trained yourself (in all types inclement weather, off hand, immediate action, low light conditions) - and are not just one of the masses going thru the mandatory range day, you are halfway there.

The skill to pull a trigger and the will to pull a trigger are two different things. Give me the quiet, unassuming person who breaks a rib practicing combat drop/fire in the rain on his own, than the guy who can cut a card at 15ft on a warm sunny day.

From my experience, it will be your situational awareness, the will to send them on target, + YOUR training that will get you home or at least seal up your side of the story - forever.

Good post, right on!

Terry