The side grip is a technique for shooting a handgun in which the weapon is rotated about ninety degrees and held horizontally instead of vertically (as is normally done). Shooting a gun in this way has no practical benefit under most circumstances and makes proper aiming very difficult, but the style has become somewhat popular in hip hop culture and among street criminals (who do not often use the gun sight)[1] due to its portrayal in American film and television since the early 1990s.[2]
- ^ Palmer (2009).
- ^ Kohn, Abigail A. (2004). Shooters: Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures. Oxford University Press. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-0-19-515051-3.