WHY DOES A PERSON WHILE FIRING A BULLET HOLDS THE GUN TIGHTLY TO HIS SHOULDER
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The reason for this is because of the recoil produced when firing a gun. The recoil action is the backward push of the gun that is explained by Newton's third law of motion. The law states that for every action, there is an equal reaction in the opposite direction.
Holding the gun tightly on the shoulder helps to absorb most of the force generated by the recoil allowing the shooter to steady his shot and also to remain standing. The shot would not be precise if the gun was allowed to fly back from the hands. To explain allowing the shooter to remain standing, a better illustration can be seen by a more powerful ammunition like the rocket propelled grenades, as they can easily knock a person to the ground due to recoil if not held properly.
Holding the gun tightly on the shoulder helps to absorb most of the force generated by the recoil allowing the shooter to steady his shot and also to remain standing. The shot would not be precise if the gun was allowed to fly back from the hands. To explain allowing the shooter to remain standing, a better illustration can be seen by a more powerful ammunition like the rocket propelled grenades, as they can easily knock a person to the ground due to recoil if not held properly.
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For this question's answer it is important to know about the Newton third law of motion which states that of every action we do there is an equal and opposite reaction for it.
In this situation two types of forces are made one is action force and reaction force.
When the bullet is fired it moves in forward direction which we can say it as action force and the backward force applied by the gun on us is the recoiling of gun as the bullet leaves the gun and can be said as reaction force.
And as the forces is applied we should it on shoulders as to take over or reduce this force.
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