This is a good point; whatever weapon is being used, the user needs to be intimately acquainted with it—how it works, what it’s weaknesses are, etc, in order to be a good shot.

One might also add that fear of the talent can also be very intriguing. A cop who shoots a little too well, for example, might have quit or been released from a job she’s damn good at, but is forced to face the job (and the gun) again because a serial killer is on the loose.

Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon and especially Michael Man’s adaptation of the novel (called Manhunter) makes a similar play with a splash, suggesting that in order for Will Graham to catch Lecter, he had to become like Lecter (adapt his talent), something Will Graham did just a little too well. To hunt another serial killer would risk him crossing the line again, a risk that he takes because Agent Crawford pulls the right strings. By the end of the Manhunter movie, Will Graham is definitely over the edge again.

Now I feel the buds of a new plot blooming … Triple thanks for this!