Interesting write-up.
It uses S*W*A*T officers as a substitute for trained experienced defenders and run of the mill college students for untrained attackers.
I suspect the results would have been greatly different if Jerry Miculek were the trained defender and run of the mill S*W*A*T were used for attackers, but I'm not Miculek and I doubt many members here can come close to his speed.
Stuff like this explains, but doesn't excuse, police training themselves to attack with deadly force first when they see that somebody else *might* attack them.
http://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/2015/09/08/concealed-carry-myths-can-shoot-fast-enough-beat-guy/The action was measured with frame-by-frame analysis of the encounters. The suspects were able to raise their gun and fire in an average of 0.38 seconds. The officers were able to fire back in an average of 0.39 seconds.
What? You mean if I aimed my gun at someone with a gun that’s not aimed at me, they can shoot me at will, and there’s not a darned thing I can do about it? That’s exactly what I mean. Yes, you’ll end up shooting them too, but you’ll still have a brand new body orifice. It all boils down to the absolute science of action and reaction times. The suspects started the action of raising their gun to shoot, while the officers had to react to, process, and then act on that stimulus. The overhead of this process allowed enough time for the suspect to get their shot off first, although just barely.
