Quote Originally Posted by Colorado Osprey View Post
Because they hurt like a son on a gun and at close range can open you up to the point where you need stitches.... that's why there is fear of getting shot.
My favorite thing to do in simunitions training is shooting people in the forehead of their face shield and "hindu" them as I call it.

BTW, I am not aware of anyone other than LEO or Military that are allowed to buy these anymore.
Used them for tyraining when I played cop for the Air Force. We had a CSPD officer who was also a Reservist AF cop who was working on our flight. He brought in the CSPD simunition guns one night for serious training. We all wore our Second Chance vests on the outside and wore face shields on our kevlar helmets - this guy did NOT.

The last exercise of the night he played a suicidal man who was looking for the "suicide by cop" type of deal (had a gun to his temple). My partner was trying to talk him down but I was lined up on him in case he made a wrong move. Quicker than the blink of an eye he dropped the weapon from his temple and shot my partner. I fired. Even though the USAF doesn't teach it, I double-tapped him (remember, no safety gear?). The first shot caught him just below his right armpit. The second shot (I was coming down from muzzle lift) caught him on his bare neck. Even though I was 10 feet away, he dropped like a rock and had a HUGE whelt with a little bit of skin laceration (we were both lucky!). Of course, the exercise terminated and I checked him out while apologizing vehemently. The guy actually told me it was alright and I did what I should have done. I still feel guilty. In my mind, that scenario was not an exercise but was a real world event. It at least answered my question: If I have to actually shoot someone, can I do it and do it without hesitating? The answer was YES.

If you get an opportunity to train with even the civilian authorized version of simunition, do it!