It's a gunfight, for foooks sake. Collateral damage is going to occur and if people on either side--or no side--wander into somebody's field of fire (FOF) only dumb luck or the grace of God keeps them from eating a bullet.
It's important to remember that EACH participant has their own ideas about where their FOF is. That decision is based on a triage of perceived threats evaluated in fractions of seconds. Their FOF may rotate 360 degrees in less time than it took you to read this sentence.
Any round worth carrying is going to shoot through the torso, more often than not.
Direct Impingement is the Fart Joke of military rifle operating systems. ⓒ
