From page 48 of the IDPA rule book "The one issue that is critical to the long-term survival of this shooting discipline is that the problems shooters are asked to solve must reflect reality."
I fail to see how shooting a Texas Star reflects reality. Texas Stars are for USPSA not IDPA.
Ken; you are right to a point but i ask this:
How many of us have had someone try to steel our deer and we had to jump over the deer and shoot from behind it?
How many of us have been cutting wood with a chain saw and had a group of bad guys try to steal it?
how many of us have been attacked while standing in front of 2 busses and had the bad guys bob and weave?
we kind of use the rules about realism with a grain of salt... would you perform a rwr or tr in the real world? Not sure but i would bet that most of us would not.
BTW...this is jmo and i am not ranting at you ol friend but you do bring up a good point........luckily we can have some fun with a lot of the rules at local matches.