I have a good question for the "always aim advocate". Why do you think they invented rapid fire weapons?
To shoot multiple bullets at the exact same spot?
The initial reason was spread death, much like the old musket formation (they were told to just point and shoot when ordered, the odd was very high they would hit something), only this time in a single weapon. You don't need to aim, just point and some bullets from the spread WILL hit.
Why do you think machineguns have such a high firerate and a very low accuracy ?
To carpet the area with lead! during WW1, the gunners never needed to aim, and they were instructed not to ( i seen interview of WW veterant saying that ). Just point and pull the trigger until they are all down and dead or you are out of ammos. Miniguns and Saws are meant to spread lead, not to do any kind of sharpshooting : they exist only to suppress and turn targets into swiss cheeze.
Do you need to aim to do that? No.
So why do they teach us to aim?
Well, the main reason is ammos supply. Then it's the cleanup afterward (WW1 trench were never fully cleaned from all the leads and shells that were fired, there are still tons of them left under the dirt). In the case of policemen, it's the friendly fire potential (other police or civilian cought in the fray) and the colateral damage (imagine a house full of bullets hole after a shootout), as well as they must take the criminals alive for trial. The last reason is few peoples can shoot well without sight, scope or laser beam, not that it's impossible though. I imagine them in 10-20 years telling you you cannot shoot without a lock on your vdu..
I know enough to know that I don't know enough.
To shoot multiple bullets at the exact same spot?
The initial reason was spread death, much like the old musket formation (they were told to just point and shoot when ordered, the odd was very high they would hit something), only this time in a single weapon. You don't need to aim, just point and some bullets from the spread WILL hit.
Why do you think machineguns have such a high firerate and a very low accuracy ?
To carpet the area with lead! during WW1, the gunners never needed to aim, and they were instructed not to ( i seen interview of WW veterant saying that ). Just point and pull the trigger until they are all down and dead or you are out of ammos. Miniguns and Saws are meant to spread lead, not to do any kind of sharpshooting : they exist only to suppress and turn targets into swiss cheeze.
Do you need to aim to do that? No.
So why do they teach us to aim?
Well, the main reason is ammos supply. Then it's the cleanup afterward (WW1 trench were never fully cleaned from all the leads and shells that were fired, there are still tons of them left under the dirt). In the case of policemen, it's the friendly fire potential (other police or civilian cought in the fray) and the colateral damage (imagine a house full of bullets hole after a shootout), as well as they must take the criminals alive for trial. The last reason is few peoples can shoot well without sight, scope or laser beam, not that it's impossible though. I imagine them in 10-20 years telling you you cannot shoot without a lock on your vdu..
I know enough to know that I don't know enough.