Quote from Lucrum:
Cops being highly trained in firearms handling and cool under pressure is largely a myth. Here in the states anyway. I did some tactical pistol training with a 23 year veteran of the ATL PD a couple of weeks ago. To say his performance during drills was scary is an understatement.
I have a friend who runs an airsoft facility in Miami. It's quite a warehouse - has a "down town" complete with bank, convenience store, parked cars (old unworking vehicles) and a "dock" area. All the buildings in the warehouse have rooms to clear, etc. It's downright huge.
In speaking with him one day, he told me that groups of kids regularly play the warehouse and the tactics these kids use rival those of special forces units. He says he's not sure where they get it - video games, practice...whatever. For laughs, two weeks ago he pit four police officers up against a team of late teens he picked to run them against. The bet was $500, best out of three. The teens took the cops with no problem whatsoever. Was a huge wakeup call to the cops.
