Not to be disrespectful, but you obviously have no idea of the quality of training that can be had at some of the schools available and how it can benefit the average person. I can only relate what I experienced at Front Sight. I wasn't going to publish this on a forum but after reading your post I feel I probably should. And, incidentally, the range masters have always demonstrated their abilities at all of the courses I attended.
The evening of Friday, December 30, 2011, my wife and I had attended a book signing and lecture by John R. Lott, Jr., the author of More Guns Less Crime at a bookstore in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After the lecture, we were to meet some friends at a local restaurant for dinner. We had parked in a downtown parking lot and as we crossed the street we were approached by two men, one I remember had a hooded sweatshirt. They had been walking in the street next to the parked cars and began to separate and one of them started to walk behind us. My wife had been walking a couple of feet behind me as we had learned to do so as not to make us a better target. I was in my normal mental awareness state of yellow so I was immediately aware of these two individuals. As the one who had been walking towards me started to talk, I immediately put up both of my hands and shouted back off! It seemed to surprise him and he instantly changed direction, walked away and said “Ok, brother.” I feel very lucky that all turned out well, without injury to anyone, other than to my nerves. Now, I don’t know for sure that they were planning on anything but I feel thanks to my quick action I never have to know.
I credit my training at Front Sight for the training my wife and I received that helped keep us in the right frame of mind as well as the actions I took to avoid a serious incident.
I did make three mistakes that evening, though. One, we should not have walked across the street in the middle of the block, instead go to the corner and cross. Two, I should have had my flashlight in my hand until we had reached our car and three, I should have immediately called the police to report the incident. The first one reporting the event would most likely believed by the police. I can imagine that if these two had been just innocent individuals or ones that had no police record and had decided to call the police and say I had been brandishing a weapon, which by the way I never had to do, I could have been is some trouble. Anyway, all turned out well and I now have a bit more experience to add to the training I have received at Front Sight.
By the way I sent this experience to NRA's American Rifleman for their Armed Citizen column. I don't know if it will be published but it could be a lesson in how to avoid such an incident.