Monkey see monkey do. Experience is a very harsh teacher because the lessons come afterwards.
Expanding the accepted "safe" behavior at a range to accommodate this type of thing must by its nature reduce margins of safety. It must do this because the inept shooter that tries this for the first time and has his weapons far off the target as a result is assumed to be as safe as the champion point-shooter that never misses a hipshot.
Expanding the accepted "safe" behavior at a range to accommodate this type of thing must by its nature reduce margins of safety. It must do this because the inept shooter that tries this for the first time and has his weapons far off the target as a result is assumed to be as safe as the champion point-shooter that never misses a hipshot.