Posted September 30, 2017 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

It seems that some people think that anything remotely difficult is somehow good training. It’s not. Sometimes it’s just an accident waiting to happen.

Take, for example, this bit of Derp from Everyday No Days Off.

Wow. *Extremely Owen Wilson voice* Gat tip: thanks everyone who sent it

A post shared by ENDO (@everydaynodaysoff) on Sep 27, 2017 at 10:25am PDT

Yeah…I got nothing.

No one should be surprised the guy apparently shot himself. That brand of stupid is just asking for someone to get hurt.

Yes, spinning around and making yourself dizzy is difficult, but what exactly is it supposed to train you for? A gunfight following a trip on a Tilt-A-Whirl?

Oh, I’m sure someone could present a scenario where training like this might come in handy, but really, what are the odds?

Rob Pincus’ Plausibility Principle is perhaps one of the most common sense principles in firearms training. It states that you should spend your training time preparing for the widest range of plausible scenarios possible. Not all the possible scenarios, but the plausible. What about this is plausible?

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen this video almost universally mocked for pure derpitude, it doesn’t change the fact that many shooters pay good …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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