Both words in one sentence
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Subverted in that he is blind and thus has to ask his mother to aim the gun at her, which she doesn't, instead pointing him in the wrong direction and leading him to believe that he did.
Source: If I Can't Have You - In Commando, when Ahnold comes across Arius after mowing down countless soldiers simply by pointing his gun in their general direction and firing, his aim suddenly deteriorates into that of the countless soldiers he just killed.
Source: Conservation Of Ninjutsu / Film -
Interestingly, the issue of aiming two guns at once is somewhat fixed, as the player character will actually aim the right-hand gun, while holding the left-hand one lower and simply pointing it in the same general direction.
Source: Guns Akimbo
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