Viewing the video it appears the bullet that stopped the attacker struck him in the head which causes him to instantly collapse.
That's wishful thinking. Unless we know the specifics of the wound tracks and what organs were damaged and how badly they were damaged we'll never know.
The reaction to being shot and lack of any movement afterward suggests the bullet hit a central nervous system structure.
Interesting. I performed a much simplified version of this test using probability mathematics, unexpanded bullet diameters and a very basic "target". The result was similarly unimpressive. In spite of what intuition might suggest, the odds are very low that the larger bullet size is going to do much for you in terms of damaging something that the smaller bullet wouldn't.
Correct. Too many people think that because one can't plan on the temporary cavity causing permanent damage with common service pistol calibers that it doesn't cause permanent damage. Sometimes it does cause damage--even severe and profound damage. And sometimes it doesn't. Which is why it's correct to state that the effect is unreliable.
Hunters get to kit up in advance without the requirement to carry on with their normal everyday activities, day in and day out in full kit. They also generally ambush their targets instead of being ambushed by them. Rapid follow-up shots are generally less important, to the point that single-shot self-defense weapons are virtually unheard of while single-shot hunting weapons are not terribly uncommon.
There is a lot of truth to this statement, however, missing is a reality in a situation where one is ambushed and must respond rapidly under extreme stress and likely under conditions chosen to favor the attacker and disadvantage the defender.
All true but that doesn't at all help the argument that size doesn't matter.
Not directly but indirectly. Way too much focus on capacity and the low recoil of the 9mm allowing for quicker follow-up shots. Shots you may or may not get or place properly. No, revolvers don't magically make someone a better marksman but they don't have enough capacity to be used as a crutch either. All the rhetoric about capacity and follow-up shots makes it sound as you're planning on missing, a lot.
Size does matter.
I agree 100%
No it isn't. Not imagined at all but observed. Want to miss? No. Obsessed with having all the opportunities to hit as possible, seemingly at the expense of marksmanship, yes.
If you say so.
I was told in a class at the beginning of this month, that the FBI considered abandoning the .40 S&W because of recoil issues, and thus began working with Speer on new ammo with lighter recoil. THUS the Speer Gold Dot G2 in 147 grain JHP in 9mm was finally developed and accepted, and now the Speer Gold Dot G2 147 grain 9mm is the FBI round, as well as the reason many law enforcement agencies and departments are switching back to 9mm.
Not sure what this proves since none of the internal organs are evident for examination.
It would have been interesting to examine the bullet's pathway through the internal organs and any damage proximate to the permanent channel that might've occurred in those tissues.
