Then they are humiliated when their girlfriends or wives start out-shooting them after a modicum of training. Yet they still go every Saturday to the tee time at the golf course instead of learning skills that could save their lives or those of their loved ones.

Darn shame for everyone except the criminals.

Depends. As a reserve in a small county. The training of that particular dept, was lacking, i volunteered for every bit of additional training i could get as part of the dept. blue gun, sims. and i was definitely not at a disadvantage compared to the “professionals”. I dont think LE training is all that impressive either. Military? Tip of spear guys yes. Others? Not in a CCW context, not to impressive, and i have family in both LE and military

Exactly. My father and i have had many discussions on the validity of revolvers vs autos. He is a huge revolver fan. I do not ever remember seeing him ever practice reloading under pressure. And yet he believes that skill, among others, is non important. I believe in being the best you can be, regardless of tools you have. If all i had access to, was a ruger single action, im gonna do everything i can to run it. Our brains are the most important weapon, the type of firearm isnt even close. Mindset is lacking in too many armchair commandos. That wont change until its too late.

If you have no military or law enforcement training then the best you can reasonably do is learn, learn and learn yet more how to safely handle your firearm. Do not be an accident waiting to happen.