Editing Point shooting (section)

==Basis for the use of aimed point shooting==
[[File:Using AIMED Point Shooting or P&S to shoot at and hit a string of aerials.ogv|thumb|right|Video showing aimed point shooting being used to shoot at and hit a string of aerials (pop cans tossed into the air at a distance of {{convert|3|meter|sp=us}}]]
The one thing that point shooting methods have in common is that they do not rely on the sights, and they strive to increase the shooter's ability to hit targets at short range under the less-than-ideal conditions expected in close quarters, life-threatening situations, [[self-defense]], and [[combat]] situations.

Aimed point shooting employs humans' innate ability to point accurately at targets in such a way that the shooter can use that ability to hit targets with a firearm.

The following is from Chap. 2, Sect. II, US Army Field Manual 23-25, ''Combat Training With Pistols & Revolvers:''

<blockquote>When a soldier points, he instinctively points at the feature on the object on which his eyes are focused. An impulse from the brain causes the arm and hand to stop when the finger reaches the proper position. When the eyes are shifted to a new object or feature, the finger, hand, and arm also shift to this point. It is this inherent trait that can be used by the soldier to rapidly and accurately engage targets.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/Fm23-35 | title=Combat Training with Pistols and Revolvers | publisher=United States Department of the Army | date=October 1988 | pages=2–14}}</ref></blockquote>Further the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Publication on ''Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT)'' states:<blockquote>'''Pointing Quick Fire.''' The pointing system is based on the phenomenon that when a person looks at an object and simultaneously points a finger at it, the finger aligns itself on the point of focus of the eyes with no conscious effort on the part of the individual. When a Marine looks at an object and simultaneously brings his rifle to his shoulder, the rifle in effect becomes an extension of the pointed finger. Consequently, it aligns itself naturally with the object on which the shooter is focusing.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/MCWP%203-35.3.pdf |title=Marine Corps Warfighting Publication - Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT)(PCN 143 000035 00) |publisher=[[United States Marine Corps]] |publication-date=26 April 1998 |pages=A-6 (159) |language=en-us |access-date=5 Dec 2023}}</ref></blockquote>Walter J. Dorfner SSgt VSP, the Vice Chair of the Use of Force Committee of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council at the Vermont Police Academy in Pittsford, [[Vermont]], wrote a paper that details his experimentation with using that method of aiming and shooting. He also was the lead firearms instructor for the VSP.