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Old 09-28-2007, 12:47 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Agamemnon View Post
It seems kind of obvious that the training the Mounties get in 4 months is not being condensed into 8 days for the border guards. The Mounties probably don't spend much more than 8-10 days during their 4 month period on firearms themselves, I'm sure most of it is classroom/physical work. It's not like they spend weeks and weeks at the firing range just learning to shoot a gun.
True, but to me a 20% failure rate is about where it should be, I would have troubles if there was a higher pass rate, that to me would be more dangerous.

Some people are just not well suited to shooting for mental and physical reasons.
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