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We know that because the bullet flies in a relatively straight path, any deviation of the sight alignment is magnified in direct geometric progression. If your trigger pull jerks the muzzle off target by the tiniest fraction of an inch, the shot may hit in the white of the target, but not the black of the center scoring area at 25 yards. “Hah,” say the clueless. “That’s a target shooter talking! Those increments don’t matter in a close-range gunfight!”

Ya think? Then, consider this.

You and I start the fight at the distance of only one yard, 36 inches torso to torso. You have drawn to shoot from the hip so I can’t reach your gun. Let’s assume further that your pointing skills are perfect today and your gun is dead center on my torso. You now jerk your trigger, moving the gun muzzle a mere inch to your strong-hand side. Only one yard away, your shot will miss my main body mass. It might go through the “love handle” and give me a .45 caliber suction lipectomy, or it might even hit my arm if it’s hanging to the side, but it won’t do anything to effectively stop me from harming you.