A clinical examination of gunshot wounds

[Lennie]

This is a decent read.

What Really Happens When Somebody Get Shot?

If we care enough about gunmanship to buy a gun, train and spend our hard-earned cash on this fine periodical then it behooves us to invest a bit of thought into what happens on the other end as well.

americanhandgunner.com

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[bbbass]

Didn't read it yet... but AFAIK, many things happen depending on too many variables to provide any kind of consistent data set... beyond the obvious CNS hit between the eyes.

Will look forward to reading what the article has to say.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

A couple of things to consider here within this subject :

Bullets can do weird things at times when they hit flesh....
And never underestimate the will to live in a individual.
Andy

 

[Stomper]

A couple of things to consider here within this subject :

Bullets can do weird things at times when they hit flesh....
And never underestimate the will to live in a individual.
Andy

I think it would "behoove" us all to sit a spell in our own personal sweat lodges and ponder these mysteries until we become honest about it.

 

[bbbass]

I think it would "behoove" us all to sit a spell in our own personal sweat lodges and ponder these mysteries until we become honest about it.

What kind of bees are those???

 

[bbbass]

Well, it was entertaining, and prolly a good article for newbies to behoove.

 

[Certaindeaf]

99% of police forces in the US use the 9x19 so you too don't need to click.

 

[Lennie]

From the article regarding thugs and the ammo bad guys prefer to use. And I have underlined the type and made the type bold-I know it's wrong, but this information gave me a laugh.

Our hero walked into the ER with a towel pressed against his groin. I offered to at least let him sit down and he declined. He seemed lucid, calm and comfortable. He had been involved in a dispute over some fair lass and his opposite number had expressed his displeasure via 9mm High Point. The bullet had struck him in the left lower abdomen. There was no exit wound.

Thugs in my experience most typically shoot the cheapest ammo they can steal. In this case, it meant a 115-grain 9mm FMJ round. X-ray studies showed the bullet mashed into the guy's pelvis. The projectile had thoroughly perforated his bowel, but there did not seem to be any undue bleeding.

The surgical residents meandered about his entrails long enough to sew up the sundry holes and affix a bag into which he might poop. He would get his ostomy reversed at some point down the road and be back in the hood, ready to rumble. I first met the guy maybe 20 minutes after he had been shot in the groin with a 9mm parabellum round, and he felt fine.

At the time of our meeting in the ER, that guy could have bench pressed a log truck. He would certainly have died eventually in the absence of medical care, but he could have fomented a great deal of mischief for literally hours after the shooting. The lesson for the law-abiding armed American — use the good stuff and don't quit until your attacker knows he's done

 

[Stomper]

What kind of bees are those???

I'm pretty sure "behoove" is Canadian for "beehive"…..

 

[Bam]

I don't need to read that to know I do not want to get shot period. Even a .22 or 380 can cause catastrophic life threatening injuries.

Regan was hit by a ricocheted .22 and still suffered a broken rib, punctured lung, and serious internal bleeding.

 

[bbbass]

I don't need to read that to know I do not want to get shot period. Even a .22 or 380 can cause catastrophic life threatening injuries.

I think it was the author's effort to get published and get some gross pics published.

On the positive side, he does have a sense of humor. On the critique side, it's nothing we don't already know.

 

[Flopsweat]

I'm pretty sure "behoove" is Canadian for "bee hive"…..

Sounds aboot right.

 

[Cerberus Group]

Here's a thread I started some years back...for some bullet reference...

Ballistic Research - A very short non-definitive study

I was fortunate in my LE career to be forensic trained. In that time I attended many autopsies, and was able to assist with many. What started my ballistic research...One time I was waiting for a victim of case I was working to be done, but there was a gunshot victim from another agency before...

www.northwestfirearms.com

 

[WillametteWill]

Here's a thread I started some years back...for some bullet reference...

Ballistic Research - A very short non-definitive study

I was fortunate in my LE career to be forensic trained. In that time I attended many autopsies, and was able to assist with many. What started my ballistic research...One time I was waiting for a victim of case I was working to be done, but there was a gunshot victim from another agency before...

www.northwestfirearms.com

This was a good thread four years ago and it is still a good thread today for those interested in this sort of stuff. Thanks for reposting.