For those of us who would shoot a guy in the back, while he has a gun trained on a clerk, a loved one, what have you:
This is the target (in red, in the animation) you must guarantee hitting; from whatever your distance, whatever your angle, to assure that the BG does not squeeze off a round, through involuntary muscle contraction.
The only problem is; you cannot see the exact position of that target under all that ski mask, hair, scalp, bone.
This is why I like the "Travis Solution" originally linked by Mike1956 in another thread.
You don't have to yell :aargh4: at the BG and startle him... you don't have to risk trying to knock him off his feet, and having his accidental discharge hitting someone else in the vicinity.
Most likely, the BG is under the influence of adrenaline to some degree. It is possible that even if he is high on some other externally introduced chemical, the adrenaline will work in concert with or, to some degree, override the other chemical.
In either case BG is likely to suffer some tunnel vision, hearing occlusion, etc.. He will probably turn his whole body, gun hand included, off of the intended victim and towards you... between point "a" (victim) and point "b" (you) you can pull the danged trigger on the shot you've set up.
It is because of the adrenaline, and whatever background noise in the scene, that you are not giving up the element of surprise by calling out to the BG... If he doesn't know you're there in the first place, he isn't going to hear/see you un-holster, take aim, and wait for him to turn.
The "Travis Solution"
Thanks Mike! I had completely forgotten that scene in Taxi Driver!
This is the target (in red, in the animation) you must guarantee hitting; from whatever your distance, whatever your angle, to assure that the BG does not squeeze off a round, through involuntary muscle contraction.
The only problem is; you cannot see the exact position of that target under all that ski mask, hair, scalp, bone.
This is why I like the "Travis Solution" originally linked by Mike1956 in another thread.
You don't have to yell :aargh4: at the BG and startle him... you don't have to risk trying to knock him off his feet, and having his accidental discharge hitting someone else in the vicinity.
Most likely, the BG is under the influence of adrenaline to some degree. It is possible that even if he is high on some other externally introduced chemical, the adrenaline will work in concert with or, to some degree, override the other chemical.
In either case BG is likely to suffer some tunnel vision, hearing occlusion, etc.. He will probably turn his whole body, gun hand included, off of the intended victim and towards you... between point "a" (victim) and point "b" (you) you can pull the danged trigger on the shot you've set up.
It is because of the adrenaline, and whatever background noise in the scene, that you are not giving up the element of surprise by calling out to the BG... If he doesn't know you're there in the first place, he isn't going to hear/see you un-holster, take aim, and wait for him to turn.
The "Travis Solution"
Thanks Mike! I had completely forgotten that scene in Taxi Driver!