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2011-01-12 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2011-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Dr. Peter Rhee said it now looks like she was probably shot in the front, with the bullet going out the back, although they can't say for certain.

Does this suggest the guy used cheap high-powered ammo with a full metal jacket which simply traveled straight through and didn't do the horrendous damage that a hollow-point would?

Posted by gorb 2011-01-12 03:09|| 2011-01-12 03:09|| Front Page Top

#2 It does 'suggest' it. Bound to be bullets found to substantiate with facts at some time.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2011-01-12 06:10|| 2011-01-12 06:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I initially thought that the bullet was front to back, until reports said otherwise, for the simple reason that the forehead skull is thicker than the rear of the head skull.

That is, a bullet entering with full momentum from the front might make a clean hole, and still have enough momentum to exit out the back, but not the other way around. Call it a hunch.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-12 11:25|| 2011-01-12 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Does this suggest the guy used cheap high-powered ammo with a full metal jacket which simply traveled straight through and didn't do the horrendous damage that a hollow-point would?

Probably ball ammo/something that doesn't fragment easily. Had this been a "stopper round" such as Remington Golden Saber, Speed Gold Dot, etc., I think far more damage would have been done and the Congress woman would be much worse off.

I'm a little surprised that it is difficult to determine exit and entrance wounds. It seems that not much cavitation occurred.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-01-12 13:09|| 2011-01-12 13:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Very glad Congresswoman Giffords is doing so well. Hope she continues her steady progress. These types of injuries often take a long time to recover from. We had one of the principals shot in the head by a student in one of our schools. It took her nearly a year to recover.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-01-12 13:39|| 2011-01-12 13:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Assume nothing about the brain.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-12 17:04|| 2011-01-12 17:04|| Front Page Top

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