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So Did We
I remember that study. I **think** it was 20/20 (right after Sandy Hook maybe?). The problem with using that scenario is that most of the in-class gun carriers were novice or completely untrained prior to the exercise. Their "training" was more or less a crash course and isn't representative of the amount of training most responsible firearm owners have. Most people I know go to the range more than the police force. I would trust the accuracy of the random joe-blow at the range over the police force due to constant training. College students that have had < 1wk (being very bold with the estimate, can't remember how much training received prior to the exercise) stand very little chance in this scenario as was proven. I maintain that I do not think it is representative of anything other than a miniscule population of firearm owners.
I think, given all the stuff that we see and hear, as well as the statistics of accidents, that undertrained and/or irresponsible firearm owners are more common than any of us would like, and certainly not minuscule.