JT>> I, too, am a firearms intructor, avid reloader and
 JT>> plinker.  I tend to
 JT>> be a wee bit better shot then most.  But most, suck.
 PN>
 PN>>  "Most" cops or people?
 JT>> I don't have much experience with the average "joe" other then my
 JT>> hunting companions, so I can't say. But most cops...suck.
 PN>  Kinda sounds like most cops are...just like most people
 >.
 PN>  There are stats floating around that would _seem_ to
 PN>  indicate that as a
 PN>  percentage cops hit bystanders more often than armed
 PN>  civilians...but let us beware: correlation is _not_
 PN>  causation.
I remember reading an article in Guns & Ammo a few years back that said
that the Law School of St. Louis University did a study that showed that cops
were about 10% less effective than civilians in stopping a crime or bad guy
(whether they shoot or not) and were about 10% MORE LIKELY than civilians to
shoot a bystander.  (The actual numbers were 9% and 11% but I can never
remember which number goes with which stat.  :-)  )
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