How much practice would it take for one to shoot well enough to hit a mass

I would be afraid of firing in a crowd.

I mean if I bought a gun today and practiced as regularly as I think I would, nobody would be better off with me firing it, I think.

Id probably miss the shooter and just make myself a bigger target.

You would save lives if for no other reason than distracting the shooter.

I am just thinking the shooter will have a wider spray of bullets than whatever I have.

But I am actually interested in how hard it is to get better at shooting. Doesn't seem as hard as free throws or some shite, but still requires practice.

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Doesn't seem as hard as free throws or some shite, but still requires practice

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I would argue that consistently shooting well, particularly under stress, takes much more practice than basketball.

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I mean if I bought a gun today and practiced as regularly as I think I would, nobody would be better off with me firing it, I think.

Id probably miss the shooter and just make myself a bigger target

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You never know.

On one hand, if someone is holding up people with a gun in a crowded area, I'm not going to try a circus shot to nail him.

On the other hand, if someone is gunning down people and spraying crowds with gunfire, I might just have to use my best judgment given the circumstances and risk posed.

Or, you could be in the second row with a clear 12 foot shot to a gunman intent on murdering everyone, it's chance.

Point being, if you're interested in getting a firearm and becoming proficient, do it. Let the circumstances dictate whether you would use it in that scenario. I'd 100%, no doubt rather be armed in a situation than unarmed, even if I had no firearm proficiency at all (not recommending this, of course).

ive always considered myself a decent shot. grew up with guns, shooting targets and hunting plus being in the army.

i got to meet one of the owners of VATA out of slidell through a friend of mine. he took us out on a 6 hour private session. I got sooo much better. my technique improved drastically within just 6 hours. not only did we just shoot targets, we did reload drills and misfire drills as well. all timed to help keep up the pressure of a real scenario.

get an instructor. well worth it.

In situations under stress it is very hard to focus on front sight alignment and avoid fixating on a target.

With that said most defense scenarios are a very close range proposition so even a point and shoot defense is better than nothing.

As previous posters have mentioned a good defense is continuous rapid fire at the target. A better defense is aimed fire at the target.

The assailant in this type of engagement doesn't expect any type of resistance so any resistance is a good thing.

Another important point is the need to shoot must be tempered with the need to not be shot. IE you can do no good if you are incapacitated from gunfire.

I love guns and it's a blast shooting them. I don't own any cause it's a super expensive hobby and I really just don't trust myself owning one. They have done a bunch of reenactments of mass shootings. The people are never able to get the shooter before he/she kills a lot of people. Even the professionals struggle to draw and target a shooter before he empties his gun. It's just natural instinct to seek cover. You have to fight against it and it takes a lot of training. It can be done. But the shooter will always kill many people, if he/she is really focused on doing it..