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truckinslave -> RE: Zimmerman Trial - LIVE (7/1/2013 4:58:35 AM)
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I'd go further and say the 9mm short and most of weapons made to fire it should only be carried by people who want to get killed
What caliber/ammo do you prefer.
I always yammered on and on about my dislike of, say, .357 Mag, .44 Mag, .22 Mag, and any other cartridges such that the bullet would almost without fail exit the body of the target with enough remaining energy to kill someone else. Likewise ammo- FMJ, in many calibers, overpenetrates; hollow points and specialty (pre-fragmented) ammo impart more energy to the target, do more tissue damage to the target, and are less likely to pass through the target and kill an innocent bystander.
My solution for bystanders in the background was to get low, and shoot at an upward angle. (Not perfect, definitely not NRA, but the best and most practical way if you absolutely must return fire).
What I vehemently disagree with- and have argued with other NRA instructors over- is any sort of skills test that involves anything beyond safety. No speed drills, no accuracy requirements, no proficiency tests ever. Period.
The problem is not an 80 year old man who can hit little more than the ground at 25 feet- and slowly, at that. He is a very unlikely participant in any sort of improper use of a weapon despite his lack of speed and accuracy. The problem is a young man who is highly skilled with a firearm but lacks the judgement to use it only in extremis- especially if he is under the influence of some combination of booze, other drugs, and heartache.
My fellow instructors, all of whom were relatively young, all but one of whom were male, and all of whom were highly skilled, were sometimes reluctant to admit the wisdom of my advice [;)]
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