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Firearms Training Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 universal firearms safety rules?

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  1. All guns are ALWAYS loaded
  2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy
  3. Keep your finger off the trigger unless your sights are on target AND you’ve made the decision to fire
  4. Be sure of your target and what lies beyond
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Which command is used to IMMEDIATELY stop a firing session?

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CEASE FIRE - CEASE FIRE

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What are the 7 fundamentals of marksmanship?

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  1. The Stance
  2. The Grip
  3. Sight Alignment
  4. Sight Picture
  5. Breath Control
  6. Trigger Control
  7. Follow Through
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What are the 4 steps in the handgun presentation?

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  1. The Grip
  2. Rock and Lock
  3. The Grab
  4. Lock Out
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What are the 4 handgun malfunctions?

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Class 1: Failure to fire
Class 2: Failure to eject (Stove Pipe)
Class 3: Failure to extract (Double Feed)
Class 4: Slide out of battery

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What is the “immediate reaction drill” for a Class 1 malfunction?

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Tap, Roll, Rack, Assess, Press

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What is the immediate reaction drill for a Class 2 malfunction?

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Tap, Roll, Rack, Assess, Press

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What is the immediate reaction drill for a Class 3 malfunction?

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Lock, Strip, Work, Tap, Rack, Assess, Press

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What is the immediate reaction drill for a Class 4 malfunction?

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Tap, Roll, Rack, Assess, Press

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This occurs when the hammer falls and the round goes off, but only makes a “popping” sound.

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Squib Round

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What are the shooting positions?

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  1. Kneeling Position

2. Roll Over Prone

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What are the 3 types of kneeling positions?

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  1. Speed Kneeling
  2. Braced Kneeling
  3. California Kneeling
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Case Law: A police officer was chasing a man he believed to be a fleeing kidnapper, firing at him as they ran through a residential neighborhood at night. A curious citizen stepped outside his home in response to the commotion, and was struck and killed by one of the officer’s stray bullets.

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Popow vs. City of Margate (1979)

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Case Law: A police officer witnessed two suspects participate in what he believed to be a drug transaction. The officer cut off their car’s escape route with his own vehicle, exited his vehicle, and ordered both men out of their car. The officer then approached the suspects. One of the suspects made a movement toward the floor of his car, and the officer believed the suspect was reaching for a weapon. The officer fired, and killed, the suspect.

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Young vs. City of Killeen (5th Cir. 1985)

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Why did the court rule against the City of Margate?

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  1. The officer’s firearms training (at the academy) took place ten years earlier;
  2. The only continuing training was shooting instruction approximately every 6 months;
  3. There was no dim-light training;
  4. There was no moving-target training;
  5. There was no shoot/don’t shoot training;
  6. The training did not address the problem of shooting in populated residential areas;
  7. There may have been inadequate training regarding the City’s policy and rules regarding firearms use;
  8. There may have been inadequate supervision and discipline of police officers for misuse of force
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Why did the court rule against Officer Olson?

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  1. Failure to use his radio;
  2. Failure to utilize a backup unit;
  3. Dangerous placement of his patrol vehicle in a “cutoff” maneuver;
  4. Ordering the two men to exit their car rather than issuing an immobilization order to remain in their car with their hands in plain view;
  5. Increasing the risk of an incident by having two suspects get out of their car at the same time;
    Abandoning a covered position and advancing into the open where the odds of overreacting would be greater
17
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Who can be sued under United States Supreme Court section 1983?

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Municipalities, Counties and Persons

18
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What are the 4 “Es” of range operations and design?

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  1. Evaluate
  2. Engineer
  3. Educate
  4. Enforce
19
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What is a Class 1 malfunction?

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Failure to Fire: Occurs when the shooter fails to seat the magazine

20
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What is a Class 2 malfunction?

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Failure to Eject: occurs when a spent casing fails to eject completely. The casing gets caught in the ejection port. Looks like a stove pipe.

21
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What is a Class 3 malfunction?

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Failure to Extract: Occurs when the extractor fails to grab retrieve the spent casing from the chamber. A second round is lined up directly behind the spent round. Commonly referred to as “double feed”.

22
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What is a Class 4 malfunction?

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Slide out of Battery: occasionally the slide will not go completely into battery.

23
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What are the 2 most common flashlight techniques?

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  1. Harries

2. Chapman

24
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Describe the Harries technique

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The flashlight is held in the support hand. The support hand is rolled under the weapon so the back of the hands are touching.

25
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Describe the Chapman technique

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The flashlight is held by the thumb and index finger of the support hand, like the “OK” sign. The remaining fingers of the support hand are wrapped over the strong hand in a normal shooting grip.

26
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What is the standard response when engaging only 1 threat/target?

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A standard defensive response of 2 rounds, center mass. If the threat still exists, fire a head shot to remaining threat.

27
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What is the standard response when engaging 2 threats/targets?

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Engage each threat with a standard defensive response of 2 rounds, center mass, targeting the greatest threat first. Fire a head shot to all remaining threats.

28
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What is the standard response when engaging 3 threats/targets?

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Engage each target with one shot to the body, beginning with the greatest threat. Fire additional rounds as appropriate to the remaining threat(s).

29
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What is the study of projectiles in motion?

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Ballistics

30
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List the 3 types of ballistics

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  1. Internal Ballistics
  2. External Ballistics
  3. Terminal Ballistics
31
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Define “Internal Ballistics”

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Internal ballistics involves the aspects that occurs from the detonation of the primer by the firing pin to the exit of the projectiles from the muzzle. (I.E. the primer is detonated by the impact of a firing pin. This detonation ignites the powder, which burns, generating the pressure that forces the bullet down and out of the barrel)

32
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Define “External Ballistics”

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External ballistics involves those aspects of the bullet’s flight from its exit at the muzzle to the target. This is sometimes referred to as “trajectory.”

33
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Define “Terminal Ballistics”

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Terminal ballistics involves the projectile’s performance from the moment it strikes the target.

34
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List some factors that affect trajectory

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  1. Gravity
  2. Atmospheric Resistance (Drag)
  3. Altitude
  4. Temperature
  5. Wind
35
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What are the 4 aspects of incapacitation?

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  1. Penetration
  2. Permanent Wound Cavity
  3. Temporary Wound Cavity
  4. Fragmentation

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