Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
All that has to be pointed out is that, statistically, legally-armed citizens have not created a problem anywhere.

And I would hazard a guess that most are better shots than most Cops
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Have been going to a local indoor pistol range recently, mostly on a weekday morning when there are a lot of old retired guys there although there are a few younger folks down into their 20s's as well plus a smattering of women.

Out to 15 or even 25 yards I wouldn't want to be in front of 95% of them. Even the lesser shots are putting all their bullets squarely into lethal areas on silhouette targets and the better ones are chewing ragged hole groups dead center of the body and forehead of those same targets, and most often with pretty rapid fire.

A non-stressed target situation to be sure but the overall marksmanship displayed is many levels above what you see at the rifle range during sight in days.


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