From:	Rune Fostervoll <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject:	Re: Stupid 2 gun rule
Date:	Thu, 8 May 1997 22:07:50 +0000

> On Thu, 8 May 1997, Lars Richard Olsen wrote:
>
> > I really would like people to agree that shooting with two guns at one
> > target is not as preposterous as some want it to be. Some present
> > ridiculus reasons for it not to be feasable, while the real reason is
> > just to prevent munchkinism. I only want it to be possible, cuz it
> > looks really cool :)
> >

Just a quick question.. what kinds of modifiers would you (any one of
you) use for someone using two Ruger Warhawks? AFAIK it is a single
shot gun, and single shot weapons can fire as a simple action but
only once per action. It would, technically, be an ideal two-fist
weapon since you use two simple actions to fire, no fuzz, no double
firing.

If I fired two guns RL I would probably aim my right hand one and
keep the left one parallell to my right one. In either case, I would
not fire heavy pistols that way. I feel kinda attached to my
writsts.... (Actually, heavy pistols has less recoil than smaller
guns, as long as they use regular ammo, right? Their weight soak up a
lot more of the recoil.).

common Movie Combat Misconceptions..

First off would be the overly effective silencers. I mean, I've used
silenced weapons, and it's actually hard to notice a difference.
The sound isn't supposed to carry as well, though.
In some movies, though, they can fire a silenced gun in a quiet room
and not get heard by someone else in the room! Right.

The Energizer Bunny Fight: all end of movie fights are,
usually, long, and end after most involved has taken enough damage to
kill them several times over. Secondly, usually the 'hero' gets the
shit kicked out of him the first few scenes, then the other guy just
stands there and gets wasted. (Usually, when the 'hero' makes his
comebac, the other guy does not even try to parry/evade his blows.
Strange, no?)

The Hip - fired assault rifle: In movies, they actually hit. In
movies, the elite units and heroes fire this way.
This miscnonception has, in fact, been of great use to most elite
units, because untrained soldiers are occasionally influenced by this
constant misdirection, and use their weapons in this manner. And
thus, when they face troops who use their weapons properly - braced
and aimed - they get slaughtered.

Any other suggestions?
"But the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we no not of."