They still teach that!?

December 11th, 2009 by Justin Leave a reply »

From a story on the NYC Times Square shootout:

[Security footage] also showed Sergeant Newsom, who has been on the force for 17 years, raising his left arm over his chest in hopes of protecting his heart. It is a defensive move rookies are taught in the Police Academy.

I was under the impression that around sometime in the 80′s everybody came on board with Cooper’s teachings that dictated we use two hands when firing a gun and left that clenched fist over the heart shooting stance in the dust. I guess not.

If anybody with a background in LE training wants to expand on the subject I’m all ears.

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1 comment

  1. Jason says:

    Also interesting is that the writer fails a simple math check. 10 inch “clip” with 30 bullets … fires two shots … found the “clip” with 27 more bullets.

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