From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But a pistol requires much more training and constant practice
to maintain a level of proficiency, the carbine is a lot simpler.
I also read the article on the home defence gun - Beretta 92FS
with a ten inch ported barrel and 20-round magazine, or was it
a Taurus PT99 - one of the points was the gun had to be in
the draw of the nightstand\bedside cabinet (not easy with an
MP5) for immediate access also Mas Ayoob was preaching to
the pistol shooter. The average police firearms officer in
the UK is better off with a carbine or short rifle, especially
out of doors where ranges are likely to be greater.
Pistols do have a special place in house clearing or hostage
rescue but only in the hands of well trained specialists.
Regards
Jerry
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I don't agree, not when the target is generally only ten yards
away. The advantages of the pistol outweigh lugging MP5s
around. West Midlands Police had a robbery sting going on
the last couple of days with armed officers deployed in
routine patrols for the first time, they all were armed
with pistols.
If long distance shots are needed then marksmen should be
deployed to support the patrol officers. West Midlands Police
do this, AFOs dismount and are then backed up with marksmen
armed with H&K 93s. Lincolnshire use the same tactic, AFOs
with Glocks backed up by a marksman armed with a SIG SG550.
You don't need a carbine to hit something ten yards away
(maximum) and if we can't teach police officers to hit
the upper torso of a target at ten yards with a pistol,
then there is something seriously wrong with the training.
Steve.
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