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only one officer reported using the gun’s sight before firing.
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I don't think that means only "only one officer used his sights" I think it means only "one officer
remembers using his sights" which is understandable.
If you are trained, and practice what you are trained, it becomes "motor memory" you do it without thinking and you often don't remember doing it.
An example from Linda Miller and Keith Cunningham's book 'SECRETS OF MENTAL MARKSMANSHIP, they relate a story of a state trooper making a traffic stop where the bandit stepped out of the car and fired at the trooper hitting him in the chest with a load of buckshot.
The next thing the trooper remembered was that he was changing magazines and scanning left and right. The bandit was laying against the car "stitched from belt buckle to throat with seven 45 slugs.
The trooper didn't remember using his sights,
but he did. It appears this trooper was a ISPC shooter. He practices and fired thousands of rounds where he developed muscle memory.
Fear often blocks out your actions from your memory, but training + practice = muscle memory, whether you remember it or not under stress you training and practice kicks in.
Most shoot outs involving cop and bandits, or soldiers (one on one), are won by "LUCK" not training, simply because neither the cop nor the soldier are willing to put in the effort to develop the "muscle memory" needed to overcome the luck of their opponent.
Training alone wont do it. All cops and soldiers are trained, its what they do after that training that overcomes luck.