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Originally Posted by ChrisJericho
I had read on some random forums that in gun fights the average number of shots fired is around 3
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Why be average when you can be extraordinary? A wise man once told me "Anyone worth shooting once is worth shooting a dozen times." In a gunfight you don't shoot twice, check your fire, and see if the bad guy decides to call it a day. You gun that fucker
down. People often eat multiple rifle rounds and keep on fighting. A handgun doesn't bring near as much ass as a rifle so I would say that 5 rounds from a handgun should be the minimum fired in a self-defense situation.
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IMO, a lot of this 3-shot nonsense is a result of people getting complacent with their training. Everyone practices the double-tap and the two-in-the-chest-one-in-the-head drills. They shoot their 2-3 rounds, pause and start over. That "starting over" pause often unconsciously carries over in to real world situations. Instead of shooting until the bad guy ceases to be a threat, the shooter fires 2-3 rounds and then forfeits the initiative, allowing the bad guy a split second to recover.