There is some merit to the crouch, but not for crouch sake. The idea is that a moving target is always harder to hit (regardless of the range) than a stationary target. Anytime you draw a weapon in defense, you�d better be moving. I tend to move left or right, but a crouch is better than nothing. You survive a gunfight by coming away with the same amount of holes you started with. Always move, and hopefully you�re moving toward cover. Never stand there like a B29 and duke it out�that usually ends in both participants getting new holes.