Accuracy Under Fire: What Policing, Trauma, and Real Stress Reveal About Survival

Making Shooters Better · Jan 15, 2026 · 1h 46m

In this episode of Making Shooters Better, Terry Vaughan sits down with Tim Pearce, a former law enforcement officer whose career in South Central Los Angeles placed him face-to-face with violence, stress, and the limits of traditional training.

Tim shares how years in gang units shaped his understanding of human behavior under pressure, and how a heartbreaking personal tragedy forced him to confront a hard truth: most training doesn’t prepare officers for the physiological and psychological reality of a gunfight.

The conversation explores what happens to decision-making, motor skills, and…