Sam1911
Moderator Emeritus
I think we are assuming here. I've flipped through the last few issues of AR, and I don't see anywhere (or ever remember) a complete list of the training those involved have. Arguably, you are probably correct, but Susie Soccer Mom or Joe the Plumber could be CRG, Gunsite 250, or TR graduates. Or completed local courses. Or shoot IDPA twice a month. They just don't usually tell us.
Of course, of course. Could be either way. But there are enough cues in the brief bits of context provided to make an educated guess that this often certainly isn't the case. Whatever they brought to the scenario -- however little or however much -- it was sufficient to prevail in the challenge they were faced with that day.
To the same point, A.R. also doesn't publish a list of anecdotes of cases where folks had "X" training, or no training, or were competitive shooters, or SWAT officers, or total gun novices, and were shot down anyway -- grave yard dead. I suppose we can make up our own mental lists of such out of the daily news papers. The one thing we CAN conclude from those, however, is that in every case the victim's toolset, skillset, and/or mindset was not adequate to the challenge they faced that day. Wherever they were on their journey wasn't quite far enough.