Originally Posted by
rob_s
We don't train in a vaccuum. Time spent at the range is time spent away from reality. Time spent at the range training for an event that has a <0.1% chance of occurring is taking time away from the reality of family, job, other activities that contribute to general happiness, fitness, etc. I know people that have wound up divorced because of time spent at the range. There's a word for that type of person, it's "idiot".
Everyone balances everything. Not just speed vs. accuracy but also reality vs. fantasy. If you're training for your fantasy "gunfight" you should probably study statistics on self-defense events and train to the highest likelihood. If you're training for a competition you should probably study the scoring and learn how speed:accuracy is weighted in the scoring and apply that to your level of shooting (to my earlier point that I can beat people of my same classification simply by blazing away and letting accuracy suffer)