Why Its A "Thing" Ep. 1

The Sideways Gun Gangster Pose

Popularized during the gang related crime waves of the 1990s, it holds the reputation for both "looking pretty sick" and being "the worst way to shoot, ever".

But why is it a thing?

Meet The Mac Ten Machine Pistol

You remember these. Often referred to as an "Oozy", and commonly confused with its distant relative the Tech nine. Used by US Special Forces during Vietnam, a staple of the Spanish Police, and produced heavily during the 1970s.

They are prone to jams, overheating, are notoriously inaccurate, and tend to fire all of their ammunition in about 1 & 1/2 seconds.

This is a Tech Nine. Not an Oozy

Machine pistols and handguns flooded the civilian black markets during the 70s-90s, mainly from disused military stock. (Like Russian selling their cold war shit while the Soviet union collapsed, same idea.)

Mainly Used Indoors, At Very Close Range

These guns have a tendency to fire very quickly, and jump upwards during recoil, making the accuracy very poor. Short barrel length and the use of either 45 or 9mm calibers only worsen its already bad accuracy.

Fiddy

Living proof that these guns are not a very effective killing tool, even at ten feet.

Recoil, Make It Work For You

Unless you wanted to shred the plaster about 5 feet above your targets head, you would turn it sideways. This allowed a shooter to spray 10 feet of a city block with hot molten rage during a driveby, or have a better hit chance when firing at a crowd spread down a sidewalk.

In Conclusion

If it's a pistol, hold it up right, firing one shot at a time, like a normal serial ki-person. Machine pistols are the only weapon suitable for this pose, and Its only because of the innate flaws of the gun itself.

Bender Tax.

"Shut up baby, I know it."

FP EDIT: Firstly, I think "plague mouthed idiot" is the best thing I've ever heard. Secondly, since this did not die deep in user sub as suspected, it may be fair to clear up some of the, er, technical mistakes. I wrote this three times on mobile app, before it finally worked, and was quite drunk at the time, leading to some of the slipper portions of this, unfortunately including the usage of "oozy". That bit right there, straight up me being stupid. And I believe that's a picture of a Mac 11, not even a Mac 10. I won't even go into listing the other inaccuracies, basically, forget everything you just read. I am excited to see you all in Ep. 2 "Handshakes, Originally Done With Feet"
Good day. Love, -plague mouthed retard