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  2. International Defensive Pistol Association - Wikipedia

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    The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA), founded in 1996, is an organization based in Bogata, Texas that governs a practical shooting sport (IDPA), which is based on defensive pistol tactics, everyday carry equipment, and full-charge service ammunition, to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Competitors (shooters ...

  3. Practical shooting - Wikipedia

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    The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) is a game based on the philosophy of using practical equipment to solve real world self-defense scenarios. [3] Fundamental aspects include shooting from behind cover (when available) and a mandate on engaging targets immediately as they become visible.

  4. Power factor (shooting sports) - Wikipedia

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    Power factor (PF) in practical shooting competitions refers to a ranking system used to reward cartridges with more recoil. Power factor is a measure of the momentum of the bullet (scaled product of the bullet's mass and velocity ), which to some degree reflects the recoil impulse from the firearm onto the shooter (see section on limitations).

  5. Defense, prosecution offer very different scenarios in ... - AOL

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    Defense, prosecution offer very different scenarios in shooting death of 'Bizzy' Stevens. Gannett. Laura Lane, The Herald-Times. April 17, 2024 at 8:07 AM.

  6. United States Practical Shooting Association - Wikipedia

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    Its early pioneers developed scenario-based competitions to accurately measure the effectiveness of their own shooting techniques and equipment. [citation needed] The rapid shooting on-the-move style of Practical Shooting gave birth to the term "Run and Gun" so commonly used today to describe the sport.

  7. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    In both wars, context made it tricky to deal with moral challenges. What is moral in combat can at once be immoral in peacetime society. Shooting a child-warrior, for instance. In combat, eliminating an armed threat carries a high moral value of protecting your men. Back home, killing a child is grotesquely wrong.

  8. There were 656 mass shootings in 2023 - AOL

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    Both CNN and GVA define a “mass shooting” as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter. Here’s how many mass shootings took place in 2023 compared with ...

  9. At least 2 killed in Ohio warehouse shooting; suspect in custody

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    Police identified Bruce Reginald Foster III, 28, as the suspect in the shooting. He used a ride-sharing service to leave the scene and was taken into custody when police executed a search warrant ...