Of course that's their objective. Discovering how to keep hits on a target while running the gun fast is a key part of that. You don't learn that without running a gun fast. Including, during practice/development occassionally outrunning the sights.
occassionally outrunning the sights.
Same with shooting, I can almost guarantee you, you will NOT become a proficient speed shooter by doing mag dumps with no regard for accuracy. All you're doing is making noise.
More than half of these, well, let's stick to "jerks" actually have their eyes closed while shooting[./QUOTE]
You think they'd do better shooting with their eyes closed if they went slower?
This discussion was starting to irritate me a bit, until I realized something.
OP and I have seen the sort of "jerk" in question, and most of the rest of you have not. And, that's a good thing.
The jerk OP is disliking is the one who learned all gun handling from tv. Whose idea of a long range session is greater than ten minutes. Who shoot a box of 50 at a time, because that's how big a box is. Who probably does not bother with a target as long as something is down range to vaguely point the arm towards. More than half of these, well, let's stick to "jerks" actually have their eyes closed while shooting.
They are not "mag dumping"--they are just blazing away.
They are precisely the reason that so many range insurance policies require slow shooting, like 1 round per 2 seconds.
Sadly, they are among us, though.
Story time.stated precisely what I stated, less precisely, in other posts.