Most bad guys have seen enough folks shot to know that it's suicidal to stand still. Their "training" has all been on the street instead of at confined firing points on a square range where everyone stands stock still, takes careful aim at a target 15 or 20 feet away, and pats himself on the back when most of the rounds land somewhere on the paper.Teamless wrote:I completely agree, but also I assumed (and did not point it out) that I am forced into a face to face, as my thought was (right or wrongly) that if i was beside a BG, I could potentially retreat / cover, rather than fire.Excaliber wrote:This assumes that you are directly behind the person. If you are off at an angle or if the person's torso is at 90 degrees (or any angle between zero and 90) to yours, or if the target is partially obstructed by any intervening obstacle (vehicle, store shelf, etc.) your available target area will be somewhere between a little to a lot smaller.
The importance of precise shot delivery escalates as the available target area declines.
When guns come out on the street, the first thing a bad guy will do and keep doing until the fight is over is move, and he will never do so in a manner that imitates a B27 target.
He'll work hard to make sure that the available target area he presents to you will be not only small, but it will be moving rapidly and irregularly - while he's emptying his magazine at you.
You'd better be following his good example and moving too.