| Something for our shooting "enthusiasts"
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| | sound effects, moving objects, and
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| -PRELIMINARY STATEMENTBackground:"Prior
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| | various alarming surprises, an
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| to my association with the armed forces
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| | opportunity is afforded to test the moral
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| of Great Britain and the United States I
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| | fibre of the student and to develop his
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| served as Assistant Commissioner in
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| | courage and capacity for self
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| Command of the Riot Squads of the
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| | control.""The course consists of
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| Shanghai Municipal Police Command from
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| | practical war methods of shooting with
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| 1925 to 1940. During this period, our
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| | the one-hand gun, in which any man of
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| force handled over 2000 riot calls of all
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| | average intelligence can be taught to
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| types and descriptions, including
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| | draw, load fire and hit his opponent
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| shooting affrays, many of which were
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| | within a second.""This is not a new
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| against armed robbers and kndnappers. In
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| | fangled idea, but a proven method which
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| addition, the squads were responsible for
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| | has been in use in the far-east since
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| the investigation and tracking down of
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| | 1919, against some of the most dsperate
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| vice-rings and narcotics
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| | criminals in the world - men who were,
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| smugglers."..........".......The art of
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| | (in most cases), known killers, who
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| close contact fighting includes fighting
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| | preferred always to shoot it out, rather
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| with and without knives; firing of a
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| | than being captured and finishing up in
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| pistol under every conceivable condition
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| | front of a firing squad, etc.....""All
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| and at every possible position likely to
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| | affrays were on the run - up and down
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| be met in actual combat during day or
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| | stairways, over roofs, down cobbled
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| night.........."MYSTERY RANGES-"In order
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| | alleyways, or in very crowded streets.
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| to create simulated combat conditions for
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| | Ninety percent of the shooting was in the
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| training purposes, I planned and
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| | dark and the majority of hits were within
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| supervised the erection of indoor mystery
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| | four yards. Some of the police were
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| ranges at Areas B-2, A-3, E and F. These
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| | killed by being shot in the back at a
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| ranges were originally developed by me in
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| | matter of inches distance only.""Students
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| connection with police work in China and
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| | should be informed that the average
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| were first used in military training in
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| | shoting with the one-hand gun is over, so
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| the courses given to the British
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| | far as they will be concerned, in a very
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| Commandos and the British Army. In the
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| | few seconds. There will no time to
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| mystery ranges a simulation was affected
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| | reload. If there first shot takes longer
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| of actual battle noises, conditions under
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| | than a third of a second to fire, they
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| which shooting affrays occur, especially
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| | will not be the one to tell the newspaper
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| in house to house combat. The training
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| | about it. It is literally a matter of the
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| included methods of entering closed and
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| | quick and the dead - so they can take
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| locked doors, methods of bursting open
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| | their choice."Pretty comprehensive
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| such doors, methods of using trap doors,
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| | sounding to me.Instead of attempting to
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| methods of roof top figthing and firing
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| | define and/or qualify Fairbairn's
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| on moving and possibly concealed targets.
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| | thoughts and methodology ad nauseam, it's
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| Under varying degrees of light, darkness,
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| | best to let him tell it!Again, the above
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| and shadows, plus the introduction of
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| | quotes sum it all up.
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