Unsighted Shooting Vs Shot Shooting Essay

In officer involved shootings, I found a lot that confused me. In the paragraphs Sighted versus Unsighted Shooting, Shots Fired & Hit Probability, and Night Sights, is what I’m planning on writing about. In my opinion this does not make any sense, either you do something or you don’t. And it seems that the police officers need more training.

Firstly, in sighted verses unsighted shooting, “Good sight alignment is fundamental to the target shooting, yet 70% of the cases reviewed indicated that no sight alignment was employed when the revolver was fired.” Which does not make any sense to me? Either you used sight alignment or you didn’t. Where you not paying attention or were you not trained right. And “There is little data regarding how often officers have used their handgun sights in armed confrontations.” Which means they’re not properly trained to used their handguns. "To date, the author has been unable to collect hard data pertinent to the efficacy of point-shooting, or any reasonable facsimile of point-shooting" Which
And Probability Hit, got me, either you hit them or you didn't. Well Shots fired I understand, you hear shots fired you call it in. Don't be a hero, call for backup. "A report published in 1998 reported that the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police had nearly 500 firearms “incidents” from 1994-98 in which they fired over 2,500 rounds. In these incidents, 157 suspects were shot, 45 were fatally. There were 126 instances in which officers fired more than six rounds, and 67 instances in which officers fired more than ten rounds. Hit probability was not available for publication." And probability Hit has increased with handguns and that data was