Re Laurence Harris comments on gun pointing:
While I think I understand the bones of his argument, it seems to me
that it is overly complicated. Aiming most guns I've ever pointed is
an alignment problem: Three points must be in alignment when the gun
is aimed true--the rear sight (typically mounted near breech of the
gun), the front sight (typically mounted at the muzzle of the
barrel), and the target itself. The task of aiming is simply to bring
those three points into alignment as precisely as possible.
This is not germane, of course, to the original question of why one
might want to look away every few seconds. But I'm not sure Harris'
comment directly addresses that issue either.
Patrick Cabe
UNC-Pembroke