"BAR" wrote in message
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When the police train, they use bad guys targets.

The the elite military forces train shooting at bad guy targets and
life-like dummies.

When you train to for home defense you should be shooting at bad guy
targes and not bulls-
eyes. I could care less about the laser on your weapon.

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Two reasons why I don't buy or use "bad guy" targets:

1. I belong to a local "sports club", not a police/military training
facility. Use of targets that represent the profile of human beings
is technically not permitted in the rules and regulations, although
I've seen some people using them once in a while. The club has been
in existence since 1922 and has indoor and outdoor pistol ranges,
rifle ranges, skeet and trap shooting ranges, bow and arrow ranges,
black powder and ball shooting areas and knife/tomahawk throwing
areas. The club promotes the sport of target practice and competitive
shooting events, not the simulation of shooting people. It also
organizes fishing trips, camping trips and sponsors several youth
activities and college scholarship programs for members and their
families.

2. I don't think it really matters much what is printed on a piece of
paper when it comes to practicing close range, home defense shooting.
Realistically, if you can accurately and quickly get two or three
rounds on an eight inch target at 10 to 15 feet without sighting, you
are likely to hit any home intruder at the same distance. In a
survival situation like that, there really isn't time to conveniently
set up for a head shot, a chest shot to the heart or whatever.