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YOU BOUGHT THE FERRARI. BUT CAN YOUR OFFICERS ACTUALLY DRIVE IT? (opens the original)
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A premium duty pistol can improve performance. It cannot manufacture competence. In this episode of Tactical Edge: The Valortec Briefing , Herfel “Boots” Torres takes on one of the most uncomfortable conversations in law-enforcement firearms training: Are agencies developing better shooters—or simply buying equipment that makes qualification easier? Using the Staccato 2011 “Ferrari Fallacy,” we examine the dangerous tendency to confuse improved equipment performance with improved human performan
THE FAKE EXPERT PROBLEM: Can Your Firearms Instructor Explain WHY? (opens the original)
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A certificate can make someone an instructor. It does not automatically make them an expert. One of the most dangerous problems in firearms training is not lack of confidence. It is confidence without deep understanding. Psychologists call it the Illusion of Explanatory Depth : people often believe they understand something far better than they actually do—until they are forced to explain exactly how it works. That should make the firearms industry very uncomfortable. “Grip harder.” “Lean forwar
Certificate Mill? When Firearms Instructor Certification Stops Proving Competence (opens the original)
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🚨 How low can a firearms instructor standard go before it becomes a public-safety problem? In this episode, we examine a published firearms-instructor qualification that requires 40 hits out of 50 inside an 8-inch scoring circle —meaning a candidate can place 20% of the rounds outside the required scoring area and still satisfy the shooting standard for certification. Thirty of the fifty rounds are fired from only four and seven yards. And this is supposed to be instructor level . We take a hard
QUALIFIED… OR A LIABILITY? The Truth About Police Firearms Standards (opens the original)
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Two law enforcement officers. Two targets. Ten yards. No stress. No threat. No movement. And the shot patterns raise a question the law enforcement training community cannot afford to ignore: If this is acceptable performance on a calm practice range, what happens when the shooting becomes real? In this episode of Tactical Edge: The Valortec Briefing , we confront one of the most uncomfortable realities in modern law enforcement: Passing a firearms qualification does not necessarily mean an offi
115 vs. 124 vs. 147 Grain 9mm: What the Numbers Really Mean (opens the original)
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What do 115, 124, and 147 grain actually mean on a box of 9mm ammunition? In this episode, we explain one of the most misunderstood numbers in the firearms industry. Grain refers to the weight of the projectile—not the amount of powder, cartridge pressure, velocity, recoil, or overall performance. We compare the most common 9mm bullet weights and examine how projectile mass relates to velocity, muzzle energy, recoil impulse, accuracy, point of impact, and subsonic ammunition. More importantly, w
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