[geeks] Re: [rescue] Boats?

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 13:35, Eric Dittman wrote:
> > > Some of the things they take creative license on in movies
> > > drives me nuts, like having a guy shoot a handgun holding
> > > it straight out with the handgun parallel to the ground
> > > rather than vertical.
> > 
> > Uhm, you can do that.  Its not practical, but you can do it.
> 
> Of course you can shoot that way, but your accuracy is going
> to suffer, and in the movies it's always the "Pro" that shoots
> that way, when in real life a professional will shoot in a
> stance that offers more accuracy.

The real life professional killer won't ever get his arm anywhere NEAR
shoulder height (assuming the handgun is holstered at their hip), so
what does it matter what the losers in the movies do?  :-)
	Greg

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