Firearms Training Failure, by Choice
By Ammoland
By John Farnam
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- “In a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom!” ~ Terry Pratchett
This from a student and colleague, who works with a state agency:
“Assisted at our state police academy for the past few days.
It was like entering a time machine!
Techniques are all thirty years out-of-date. Never any mention of actually fighting with a gun. Mostly what we did was prepare young officers to pass the very standard, and antiquated, ‘qualification course,’ which is also thirty years out-of-date.
In four days, students got only twelve house of productive training. The rest of the time was squandered!
‘Cold’ range: Constant unnecessary unloading of guns and other unnecessary gun-handling, wasting time and dividing attention. Only unloaded guns allowed in holsters. Guns were locked-up when breaking for lunch. Heaven forbid we would eat while armed!
‘Mother-May-I?’: Students were sternly admonished never to do anything on their own initiative, but always to wait for command. Do nothing unless/until instructed to do so. Mind you, these are fully-sworn, uniformed officers, currently on patrol in marked patrol units, not folks …Read the Rest
Source:: AmmoLand
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