Because in a movie context the point is you are aiming guns at people and pulling the trigger, which you would never do in real life unless you mean to shoot someone.

Like if you want to get an image of a person aiming their gun at the camera and shooting, you would have an actor aim at the camera (and camera man) for the shot.



>not sure why this isnt practiced on movies sets. meaning, no
>one should be behind the camera while a gun is pointed at it.


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