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How Experienced Firearms Officers Visually Sample a Threat Environment
Mobile eye tracking in British Authorised Firearms Officers reveals measurable differences in visual sampling between experienced and novice officers.
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Involuntary Firearm Discharges as a Human-Factors Problem
A 2026 qualitative study with Dutch special-intervention personnel reframes involuntary firearm discharges as a systems and human-factors problem.
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Firearms Training and Decision-Making: What 359 Slovenian Police Officers Reported
A national survey of 359 Slovenian police officers examined legal knowledge, perceived operational readiness, and views of firearms training.
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Can Trunk Training Improve Shooting Stability? A Pilot Randomized Trial in Elite Pistol Shooters
A 2026 pilot randomized trial compared stable and unstable trunk-core training in national-level 10 m air-pistol athletes.
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The Best Run Is Not Your Baseline: Measuring Repeatable Handgun Performance
A personal record describes an event. A baseline describes a performer. Confusing the two produces flattering numbers, weak diagnoses, and training decisions that cannot survive retesting.
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Average, Spread, and Valid Rate: A Better Statistical Language for the Draw
A draw time has little meaning without a distribution and a validity rule. Three compact metrics can turn five repetitions into an honest diagnostic record.
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Reliability Before Ranking: Why Tactical Tests Must Survive Repetition
A test cannot support rankings, standards, or training claims until its scores remain interpretable across repetitions, evaluators, and testing days.
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Validity Before Tradition: Does Your Qualification Measure the Skill It Claims?
A course of fire can be reliable, demanding, and professionally administered while still measuring the wrong construct. Validity begins with the claim, not the target.
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Technique, Metrics, Method: The TMM Triad as a Closed-Loop Training System
TMM is not a slogan or a three-part checklist. It is a feedback system that connects an observable solution, a defensible measurement, and an intervention chosen for the actual constraint.
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