Originally Posted by
Tom Givens
Many times individuals responding to unanticipated violence shoot with strong hand only-- As I said Ken was watching videotape after videotape of police officer involved shootings. This is a recurring problem in law enforcement due to poor and insufficient training. Most officers only shoot when mandated, and most agencies only shoot once per year. Obviously, there are agencies with better and more frequent training, but sadly they are rare. For many of these officers their annual qualification course is the only shooting they've ever done and many of those qualification courses require shooting with one hand at 7 yards and under. We see the opposite. Our students are taught to only shoot with one hand IF THEY ONLY HAVE ONE HAND AVAILABLE. As a result, most of our students go to two hands and eye level. As a result, they get hits.