LK> I remember reading an article in Guns & Ammo a few years back that
 LK> said that the Law School of St. Louis University did a study that
 LK> showed that cops were about 10% less effective than civilians in
 LK> stopping a crime or bad guy (whether they shoot or not) and were about
 LK> 10% MORE LIKELY than civilians to shoot a bystander.  (The actual
 LK> numbers were 9% and 11% but I can never remember which number goes with
 LK> which stat.  :-)  ) 
 That sounds about right.
 I'm going to suggest that we be a tad careful of drawing a conclusion
 just from that raw data: while it would be ideal for every LEO to be a
 dead-eye shooter, it just isn't ever going to happen.  And the average
 civilian intervention I'm suspecting is involving a person somewhat
 more motivated than the average to maintain proficiency.
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