I’m not big into tests. My personal criteria when judging suitability of a CCW setup for myself is that I have to be able to draw and put 1 round into the IIZ of a QIT target from 7 yards in 1.5 seconds or less.
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get em a shotgun
I just took 10 shots, one at a time, from low ready, 1-handed.
With a full sized pistol.
Pointing, not aiming.
Shooting fast. Less than a second per shot.
Gun stayed at mid-chest level.
My target was a small bullseye 5 yards (15 ft.) away.
Every shot, even the first, from a gun I have not shot in a few months, hit within 4" of the center of that target.
When I aimed one shot, using the sights, I hit the X ring,
but I was noticably slower.
CONCLUSION: Aimed (sighted) shooting is nice, but not necessary for defensive gun use at typical self-defense distances.
I agree, stats don’t support the whole training makes everyone safer hysteria.Not for me or anyone else to say. People with no training and little/no shooting experience have defended themselves or others and those with countless hours of training and bona fides have wet their pants when the time comes.
Self defense is often as much about willingness as it is ability.
I simply encourage people to shoot as frequently as they can.
I agree, stats don’t support the whole training makes everyone safer hysteria.
States from Georgia to SC and Fla just ain’t that much different.