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Good point Ray of Light. People revert to training in an emergency. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 01/08/2012, 6:05pm PST
Ray of Light wrote:

Prior to my brother's deployment, the Army showed him a series of videos about how people perform under life-or-death stress. Not well! Example: cops (used to?) have a drill where they draw, fire twice, and reholster (simulating the execution of a goody-two-shoes who won't "play ball"). Then, in a fight, they would perform this drill even if the fight was still going on after two shots!


I remember something like this in a book I read in a police store. (That's really called a "uniform store:" where they sell all the other things that LEOs ("Law Enforcement Officers") need to have including uniform, badge, holster, belt, billy club, whistle and everything else.) The book pointed out that in an emergency a person reverts to the method they learned when they were training.

I realized it myself when I was cut off by someone making an improper left turn in front of me on the Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach, California about 25 years ago. When the guy made the turn but realized he'd started to cut me off he stopped, but he was too far into my lane. I immediately swerved to the right to get around him, then returned to my lane. Fortunately no one was in the right lane. And the thing was, I did all of this in a fraction of a second before I realized it was happening. You have to; in an emergency you usually don't have two seconds to recognize the situation and think of a solution, you usually have to react instantly by subconsciously reacting according to how you were trained, presuming your training was adequate to allow you to react.

In my book, "Instrument of God" a character speaks about this. "On a related note, I'm also gratified to see that you dump the brass from your revolver instead of wasting time pocketing it."
"I learned that a long time ago. Some police officers are taught not to litter the target range and so, they empty the brass out of their weapon into the other hand, and if they are in a combat scenario, they revert to training, have both hands full and someone kills them because they lose critical seconds at the wrong time."
"It's funny because when you did that with your weapon, I was thinking of Tyne Daly in one of the Dirty Harry films, where she holds her piece in her right hand, empties the brass into the left, transfers the used brass to her right hand, then puts it in her coat pocket. And this is in the middle of a firefight! I wouldn't be surprised if the way she did it was standard police practice in too many places. If she'd needed to shoot at that second while she was fiddling with brass, she would have been dead, because she had both her hands full for at least 10 seconds."
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        A gold tiger striped deagle, of course. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/23/2008, 8:13pm PST NEW
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                What area do you live in that a dog is more highly regulated than a firearm? by Mysterious Stranger 12/23/2008, 9:35pm PST NEW
                Quit making good posts, you're going to pass us NT by A murder of shitty posters 12/23/2008, 9:40pm PST NEW
                    might actually have to GASP respond to other caltrops posts! NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/23/2008, 11:28pm PST NEW
                    He did reply to the wrong post, though. Still room for improvement. NT by Fussbett 12/24/2008, 8:51am PST NEW
    Just get a Maglite. by Jerry Whorebach 12/23/2008, 9:00pm PST NEW
        You're not anti-gun, are you, Jerry? NT by Jerry's (former?) #1 Fan 12/23/2008, 10:09pm PST NEW
            Re: You're not anti-gun, are you, Jerry? by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/23/2008, 10:41pm PST NEW
                Absolutely no one should be anti-gun, ever. No one has any excuse. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/23/2008, 10:54pm PST NEW
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                Good point. I'm back on. NT by Jerry's #1 Fan, a lurker 12/24/2008, 10:04am PST NEW
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                    YouTube: "This video has been removed by the user." NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 01/08/2012, 5:51pm PST NEW
        Re: Just get a Maglite. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 01/08/2012, 5:31pm PST NEW
    Where do you live that is so scary? by Fussbett 12/23/2008, 11:02pm PST NEW
        What about Canadians? by Entropy Stew 12/24/2008, 12:12am PST NEW
        motherfuckERfoodeater by Ray of Light 12/24/2008, 3:41am PST NEW
        Re: Where do you live that is so scary? by laudablepuss 12/24/2008, 8:17am PST NEW
            Re: Where do you live that is so scary? by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/24/2008, 9:58am PST NEW
                you are agreeable!! NT by a longtime fan 12/24/2008, 6:54pm PST NEW
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    Re: Can anyone recommend a gun for a first-time owner? by Ray of Light 12/24/2008, 3:11am PST NEW
        Re: Can anyone recommend a gun for a first-time owner? by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/24/2008, 3:39am PST NEW
            Wrong forum >:( NT by Fussbett 12/24/2008, 9:05am PST NEW
            Re: Can anyone recommend a gun for a first-time owner? by Zsenitan 12/24/2008, 12:38pm PST NEW
        We would have called it self-defense if he hadn't changed magazines twice NT by Fortinbras 12/24/2008, 4:56am PST NEW
        Re: Can anyone recommend a gun for a first-time owner? by laudablepuss 12/24/2008, 8:47am PST NEW
        Re: Can anyone recommend a gun for a first-time owner? by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/24/2008, 10:08am PST NEW
            that is standard (according to misc.survivalism ca. 1996) by Ray of Light 12/24/2008, 11:29am PST NEW
                So basically, I'm fucked. by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/24/2008, 11:52am PST NEW
        Good point Ray of Light. People revert to training in an emergency. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 01/08/2012, 6:05pm PST NEW
    Re: Can anyone recommend a gun for a first-time owner? by FABIO 12/24/2008, 3:57am PST NEW
        Still the greatest thing I've ever seen on the net NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/24/2008, 9:55am PST NEW
        dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed NT by jeep 01/02/2012, 11:50pm PST NEW
            apocalyptic dreams and a murderous mind NT by Slayer lyrics 01/03/2012, 1:54am PST NEW
    Re: Can anyone recommend a gun for a first-time owner? by Mr. Kool 01/02/2009, 10:11pm PST NEW
    So only the most paranoid person here actually recommended one by fabio 01/04/2012, 12:44pm PST NEW
    Re: Can anyone recommend a gun for a first-time owner? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 01/08/2012, 5:18pm PST NEW
        Or you could get a trick gun and "let" him take it away from you. Then: BOOM!! NT by You might have to make it yourself? 01/08/2012, 5:28pm PST NEW
            Yeah, but if someone tried to home-invade Tdarcos by Souffle of Pain 01/08/2012, 7:23pm PST NEW
 
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