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Old 09-12-2005, 08:30   #11
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Not only would I not take a class from a "competitive" shooter I would never refer anyone serious about personal defense to a "competitive" shooter.

In my opinion a competitive shooter is a game player and nothing more. IMO Too many have taken classes from competitive shooters only to pay dearly for such classes-skills. Might I point out that 99.99% of all police officers are killed (in gun fights) by amateurs, sad but very true.

And who are teaching many of the skills these officers are utilizing, most are competitive shooters that have never faced any threat more serious than a paper target. But because of their "speed" they demand hundreds of dollars per hour in order to "teach" their skill to our countries LEO's.

I'll chime in and critique his style if you like.
That fellow in the AMU video has but one thing on his mind, speed. He's a perfect example of a "competitive shooter". Why? No one I know, except a "competitive shooter" wears their mags or "mag" in front such as he demostrates. No one I know uses a "race gun" in a gunfight. No one I know has the time or inclination to practice hours a day on just mag changes. No police officer I've ever met wears a belt and just “one” mag. Most competitive shooters wear nothing but a mag or two on their belt. Tell you what, place a real police work belt on your AMU shooter and I’ll bet it seriously degrades his “speed”. Or hand him a factory Glock the same Glock that ten's of thousands police officers carry each and every day and then have him do a video.

Most "competitive shooters" I've read about have had zero in the way of combat training, or "counter terrorism" training which I mention only because of many "competitive shooters" now sport "Counter Terrorism" or "Special Operations" somewhere in their bio's in order to sell themselves to law enforcement.

I think most people are being fed a whole lot of crap concerning shooting techniques and the worst part is good men and women are dying because of training given by "competitive shooters".
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