@Konrad Knox: I see your point, but I think that they are trying to simulate the exertion from running (breathing) + fear (leading to less than steady posture and relaxation) leading to shaky shooting. True, the guy playing as Veteran or Police Officer probably should not have nearly as much of that affecting them. Nor a lvl 5 skill person. It is a bit much, and I don't actually know whether or not the fear moodle has to be showing for it to affect shooting either, but I'd imagine panic, fear, etc, negatively impacts the shooting mechanics. At the end of the day though, the pistol does now seem pretty useless, and as time were to go on in a zombie apocalypse, I would imagine most survivors would get pretty used to it.