Nice redirection there, Al! I could swear I was talking about the importance of shot placement and you turned me into a misogynist in a black helicopter.
You should have been an attorney. Attorneys, much like yourself, think they're smarter than everybody else and simply can't wait to get up in the morning to hear what they have to say.
It has nothing to do with WHO you are teaching. It has to do with WHAT you are teaching. You are the ONLY "firearms instructor" I have EVER had occasion to speak with who doesn't emphasize the importance of proper shot placement in the act of self defense. And these instructors teach both law enforcement and civilian alike.
You fight like you train is not exclusive to trained professionals.
And proper shot placement is not exclusive to "trained professionals", either. I have seen many a gang member and dope dealer end all hostilities with a well placed round or two.
To not stress the importance of proper shot placement in self-defense, or to dismiss it as you "think" it's not practical, it won't happen anyways, etc., is negligent for myriad reasons. It flys in the face of everything I have been taught, seen taught, I've taught, been taught to teach, and is universally taught and accepted in the realm of self-defense.
And as far as not seeing me in your "data base of accredited instructors", no, you won't. I'm in a different firearms instructor data base and have been since 1993.
I'm curious...did your "accredited firearms instructor training" include getting shot at? Or put you in a high stress situation wherein your front sight is center chest on somebody and you're starting to take the slack out of the trigger? How about being at the scene of multiple shootings, both LE and civilian alike? Did you get to handle and examine bodies with gunshot wounds? How about going to the autopsies of gunshot wound victims? Did you get to talk with, or interview people who had actually been in a gunfight and learn what they thought and how they reacted? Me thinks not.
Turns out, I've experienced all of the above during my career. While I'm sure this does not meet the august standards to be included in your "data base of properly accredited teachers" like yourself, it does give me some practical, real life experience in the area of what occurs, and what works during a shooting.
Justin
Nice try Justin but, no, no redirection by ME a'tall. I said from the start, I've got a friend with a stiff, hard to operate handgun.
She's a girl...
Now,
I'm not really sure why all the animus but........ sorry to have made you defensive....... really sorry you jumped with both feet into a comment directed straight at tim for absolutely no reason....
I'll play it again, s l o w l y
tim doesn't think i should teach anything except pouring basements
not sure exactly why now how
tim gains his opinions because
tim ain't listed in our teaching database
tim is no doubt better than me at most things (which is what i said in my post)
bravo tim, "you da man"
tim
tim has all sorts of opinions and things to say about me and others, all personal
kinda' like francis,
and now you
I teach safety.
I teach safety WELL.
I don't "train people to fight".
I don't "interview folks about fighting...."
I didn't ask for "gunfighters" to opine about "training to fight....."
In fact, I don't feel "fighting" is even a thing in this life unless you've chosen it. Which you and others here have. Whee....... Good On Ya, Thank You.
I haven't turned this into a pi$$ing contest.....!!........ You and your cop and sniper buddies all got'cher pannies in a wad re "training to kill" etc etc. Y'all wanna' crow your cred to the sky about "fighting" and "training to fight" and how many times y'all BEEN in a fight and how tough you are.....
And
tim wants to be all like you.....
Y'know what??? Lotsa' "pistol guys" ain't never killed anyone nor even shot them. (((Ohh, and to clarify for you and francis.... that's called 'hyberbole'..... it's meant to illustrate my point)))
Jerry Miculek is a pistol guy in my world ..... I don't see him all swole about "gunfighting"
I've got a girl (woman) who has NO/ZERO/NADA interest in gunbattles.
She just wants to feel safe.
That's all.
The only "training" she does is how to get the gun into her hand.
So very sorry guys to have entered a room full of gunfighters but you have all been helpful
Thank You