As part of a research study looking at arming civilians, they had 77 civilians go thought the same type of firearms training simulators that police use. From the study:
“They found that, perhaps unsurprisingly, people without firearms training performed poorly in the scenarios. They didn’t take cover. They didn’t attempt to issue commands to their assailants. Their trigger fingers were either too itchy — they shot innocent bystanders or unarmed people, or not itchy enough — they didn’t shoot armed assailants until they were already being shot at.”
As part of a research study looking at arming civilians, they had 77 civilians go thought the same type of firearms training simulators that police use. From the study:
“They found that, perhaps unsurprisingly, people without firearms training performed poorly in the scenarios. They didn’t take cover. They didn’t attempt to issue commands to their assailants. Their trigger fingers were either too itchy — they shot innocent bystanders or unarmed people, or not itchy enough — they didn’t shoot armed assailants until they were already being shot at.”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2015/08/02/spoiler-alert-people-with-no-firearms-training-get-killed-in-selfdefense-simulator-n2031884
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/28/watch-what-happens-when-regular-people-try-to-use-handguns-in-self-defense/?utm_term=.2405df3026ae