User blog comment:A Lonely Nomad/(OFFICIAL) The balancing issues Treyarch are taking against noob tubes/@comment-356904-20100913214658/@comment-28584497-20100913222823

Doubtful at best. From the gameplay we've seen, I think it's safe to say they aren't doing that. Hopefully, what they have done is made it so that the player has to fully scope in and hold their breath for a full second before being able to fire. (Or it forces these things to happen.)