TheOriginalMexicanBob
Ultimate Member
I once had a Chief of Police tell me he would rather be shot with a .38 than a .22. His reasoning is that a .38 will generally go straight and confine it's damage to its immediate area where a .22 bounces around, ricocheting off ribs and other bones.
When I was a police officer I saw a shooting victim who had what appeared a survivable abdominal wound. What actually occurred was the round (a .38) ricocheted off a rib and cut cut his aorta and he bled out by the time he arrived at the hospital, despite the efforts of the paramedics. That kind of put perspective on what the police chief said. All bullet wounds can be fatal...placement, caliber and bullet design, happenstance, luck and the will to live of the victim all make a difference.
When I was a police officer I saw a shooting victim who had what appeared a survivable abdominal wound. What actually occurred was the round (a .38) ricocheted off a rib and cut cut his aorta and he bled out by the time he arrived at the hospital, despite the efforts of the paramedics. That kind of put perspective on what the police chief said. All bullet wounds can be fatal...placement, caliber and bullet design, happenstance, luck and the will to live of the victim all make a difference.