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It's a classic movie scene, the bad guy and the good guy both have guns drawn on each other. In a more interesting situation, the bad guy has his gun pointed at a third target - usually someone of interest to the good guy. The situation doesn't matter, it just has to be a gun standoff.

Main question is - Why don't they just shoot?

Say the good guy just shoots at the bad guy, will the bad guy have a quick enough reaction time to even shoot back/shoot the hostage? Usually in these scenarios they are maybe 20-30ft away from each other. And usually in these scenarios NIETHER of them shoot. This has always bugged me.

Let's get some stats in here -

Average speed of bullet - 320 m/s
Average reaction time of a human - 0.2 - 0.25 seconds
In 0.2 seconds, a bullet will travel about 64 meters, or 209 feet.

WHY DON'T THEY JUST SHOOT, GAF?

 

[MCX]

Honor, valor, etc.

 

[Advance_Alarm]

its a movie

 

[Lucky Forward]

 

[ZAK]

They pussies

 

[thesoapster]

WHY DON'T THEY JUST SHOOT, GAF?

To drive you crazy like it clearly does.

 

[wenis]

It's the only appropriate response.

 

[beastmaster]

Unless there is a a good sniper, it is some what realistic. What most people dont take into account is the fact that, not many people are going to be able to shoot a handgun and hit the intended target who is hiding behind a hostage at that great of a distance. Meanwhile the bad guy literary has a gun to the side of the target at a "cant miss" distance.

 

[Hydranockz]

Good guy doesn't trust his aim to hit the bad guy and not the 3rd target. Bad guy does not ultimately want to harm the 3rd target to that extent.

 

[ianp622]

 

[Chichikov]

Because John Woo is an overrated hack.

 

[JoeBoy101]

All comes down to nerves.

 

[Alphahawk]

Because:
A) in that situation most will not do the calculation in their head
B)In a life-or-death scenario, even a 98% chance you'll survive is not good enough.

 

[Pikelet]

There are too many variables to consider in order to make a judgement on something like that.

 

[SapientWolf]

In a movie, usually not. In real life, brandishing a weapon is a warning so it makes sense when it happens to people who are pissed off but not angry enough to kill someone.

 

[jdogmoney]

Inglorious Basterds.

 

[Kinyou]

Go and watch Reservoir Dogs, you'll be surprised (or not since I kinda spoiled it now)

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

I find it most annoying when one person has a gun drawn, has the other guy dead in his aim at near point blank range, and he allows person 2 to draw a gun or knife or punch him in response.

Movie/television logic is broken. Most people (cops especially) will gun your ass down if you reach for anything when they have a gun drawn on you, itchy trigger fingers are much more common than steely resolves.