Caliber debates about pistols are worthless

[dirtrulz]

I have never been in a fire fight or ever want to be but I dont see how you can say how you will react when faced with death until you are in that situation.. This officer was very well trained, maybe he wasnt a mighty comp shooter but he was no beat cop just out of the academy. Sure you can stand behind a plywood wall and take your time aiming at a steel plate because you know all it will cost you is time, if you miss you just have to fire again and time is lost. Well imagine that the plate is shooting back and you may not want to take as long to aim and that time you missed you could be dead. To me it seems like a good idea to take any shot that may distract him with pain and ruin his concentration enough for me to get to a better spot to be able to take a more calculated shot. Even a guy firing wildly only needs to get lucky once, it could be his first shot, who knows. Just the sound of gunfire is enough to throw most everyone off their game.

Google russian special forces training and watch some of their live fire exercises where they get shot in the chest of their vest and then have to draw and fire at a target inches away from another mans head. I wouldnt want to be either one of those guys.