Good guys have supernatural aiming abilities or computerized targeting systems, so aiming down the sights is completely optional.
OK, to be fair, this started winding down about the mid-90s. But still, watch pretty much any Schwarzenegger action flick until about 1999 and you'll see this rule run rampant.
The bigger the gun, the more badass you are.
Explains all of those Desert Eagles.
Fire discipline? PSSSSH!
Of course, the situations where this can become ridiculously apparent vary wildly, but have you ever noticed that when it gets right down to it, many a bad guy and good guy alike forgo even short, controlled bursts in favor of dumping a few mags downrange?
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