Do not read "into" this message!
"Heron:"
There are exceptions to all shooting instances.
Here on THR you can find an article of, a woman, if I remember correctly, who had a 357 Magnum! brain shot and lived! And not only lived but kept her mental faculties.
Remember my title? "Read all about it!" That was a call by newspaper boys to attract buyers for their paper.
The woman mentioned with the head wound, if I can remember correctly, had the round enter and pass between the two cerebral hemispheres without damaging brain tissue. Fluke! In memory of Paul Harvey, "Now you know -the rest of the story." The fallacy is what is termed as "reading into what is stated."
The same for "taking one to the heart." It is a powerful muscle, and if just nicked, then it could be said "He took one to the heart!" And lived! -Read all about it. You know how it goes; "a 223 round "struck" his aorta.
Some shots to the lungs do not fully collapse it or them immediately, but they do eventually loose their seal. Who knows but what in this example, this man's lung remained partially functioning for a period of time. We just do not know first hand. And the coroner's reports are what is viewed at a later point in time. Not what was happening -during the shoot.
If I had to stand before a firing squad, I would have as my last request, such hits to the brain, heart, and aorta, as occurred to this man.
To believe otherwise. That is, in "zombies, golombs, or such, leads to the logical but illogical conclusion that some jump to; you cannot rely on any handgun, any caliber, any....
What is your conclusion then?
Contrary to this train of thought, I have found certain firearms, etc. to be quite reliable in defending my own or others lives.
