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A variable in my world can be time.

How much time do we have? 120 hours? 2 hours?

A new shooter to a marginally functional cop in 40 hours?

A new shooter to A class in 30 days?

A lazy...

My boss went to a meeting a few months ago. There's going to be a DHS Shooting Team. Stupidly I asked him some questions. What discipline(s), who's going to be on the team, will we get training time,...

Not looking for stage ideas.

Asking if anybody has heard of the competition.

Anybody heard of an upcoming DHS Shooting competition? Allegedly in June...

I've been tasked with creating a stage for it, and have been told the we (FLETC guys) aren't allowed to compete.....

The instructors don't have as much input in revisions as you'd think. It's largely partner organization/student driven.

The guy who showed up with no gun has more input than I do into what the...

FLETC has a lot of problems. An amazing amount, actually.

But it absolutely takes two to tango.

Extraordinarily frustrating sometimes.

He was a fully sworn 1811 from the OIG community.

Then, at about day 2, he "found" the holster he brought. It was an odd kydex drop/offset holster.

I've heard that claim before and it is indeed nonsense.

My concern is that a lot of things get said that are factually incorrect, then they get repeated, and then become "facts."

Most of what...

I ran the HOTP that Kyle did the writeup about, and am The Guy for HOTP here in Cheltenham.

JLW-Your questions about the course of fire are all answered with a "yes."

Target...

That's a little dark/grim but I don't dispute any of it. Reminds me of the stereotypical HOA shenanigans that always seem to happen.

That's where I get a little fuzzy. At one point A2 wasn't even sure what he was voting on.

I get the issue with his candidacy, but not his presence on the board.

Is there any way that the BoD...

Listened to some of the BoD meeting while reloading yesterday.

Synopsis:

A7s membership had expired, probably. This made him ineligible to be a candidate for the BoD.

He claimed that it...

Haven't logged on in awhile. Love the discussion.

Agreed 99% on the comments about FLETC instructors. The other 1% is..................the POs tolerate it, and in some cases condone the...

Good point; I am hoping that the learning curve for people that have never shot before is cleaner/smoother.

Some great thoughtful stuff in here. Some butthurt too, but that's how learning occurs.

1. Consensus seems to be that dots will not replace training. Agreed. So....if we're not training, will...

More good stuff. I agree with most of it.

My concern is NOT the 1% that shoot, or care, or train. They will do great regardless of what gun they're given.

Our obligation is to the other 99%....

I would hope so but am not optimistic.

Red dots are a unique opportunity to make some improvements in firearms training....but it's gonna take some work and some growth on the part of instructors...

Great discussion, great thoughts.

Agreed 100% that training is more important than gear. The switch to semi autos was not game changing, the switches to/from/back again various calibers not game...

Not yet. Not enough data.

Absolutely curious as to how it will turn out though.

The fact that 10 instructors from a very small sample of agencies didn't speak up was interesting.

Was wrapping up a class and we got to talking about.........dots on pistols. Students were suckling at the teat of "Red dots are awesome" and I asked some questions.

1. When everyone's got a dot...

Similar poly experiences.

I had switched from one agency to another, and the questions they asked lateral applicants were a little more.....directed....towards common issues with police officers....

They could "pass" it but still be lying. Polys are a sad joke...which makes it fitting that USPSA is going to spend money on a test like that.

The whole thing reminds of an HOA that's lost it's...

On the federal side we (FLETC) offer a 4 day Handgun Optics Program.

Our curriculum development process was not followed, so the four days was determined arbitrarily as a "good" length for a...

Back in the day I got my M card in L10 with a USP with an LEM trigger. I'd been a pretty solid shooter in Lim/Production prior to that, so it wasn't U-M with the LEM trigger.

If memory serves the...