But one of the most disturbing details from the report is certainly that the agent who discovered Routh fired six rounds from a distance of five feet and failed to hit the target even once. How is that even possible? I’m not a trained agent, and I’m sure I could have hit that target at least once with that many shots at such close range. This is a whole new level of incompetence that simply cannot be comprehended. [More]
Every person I’ve taken shooting for the first time has done better than that.
How did he pass requisite pistol training standards, and for that matter, what are they? Somebody ought to be pulling his records and — not to kneejerk cast unfounded aspersions — also asking if he had reasons not to hit the target.
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