Ah... No, I’m not talking about turning your torso sideways, I mean turning the gun over sideways. With the sights now on the side they’re useless. Recoil also now throws off the aim on a horizontal axis instead of vertical. Its a stupid way to gunfight.
Turning the torso sideways is a dueling technique since the invention of dueling pistols. But smoothbore dueling pistols were horribly inaccurate anyway. A weaver stance wouldn’t have helped. Presenting a smaller target was a good strategy.
But with a modern pistol a shooter can place a shot pretty much exactly where they aim. So shot placement becomes more important than presenting an only slightly smaller target.
My .02.
Alright, that explains things nicely. In any case, holding the gun itself sideways is a pretty dumb idea, and I can not imagine what made them think it was ‘cool’ or in any way beneficial to them in the first place...