On Stopping Power

There are few things more lethal than a head shot, right?

I mean, put a couple of sufficiently large caliber rounds deep into the cranial vault, and most folks figure that would settle a bad guy’s hash quite nicely, right?

And indeed it may, given enough time. But I am no longer surpised to see a patient with one or more lead and copper projectiles of 147 grains or so lodged deeeeeep within his central nervous system, that still had plenty of fight left in him.

Like our patient from a few nights ago, for example, who was still awake and alert when we arrived, and actually refusing to go to the hospital. He even had enough moxie to walk to the stretcher with a little assistance.

And that’s with two .38 Special rounds in his melon, folks.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that any pistol round is instantly fatal, even when you hit something vital.