Comment Re:very understandable (Score 4, Interesting) 784
Just dropping in to add a few facts to the rhetoric:
Point Blank, by Gary Kleck, pg 165, citing a study by Wilson and Sherman, 1961:
âoeAt least one medical study compared very similar sets of wounds (âall were penetrating wounds of the abdomenâ(TM)), and found that the mortality rate in
pistol wounds was 16.8%, while the rate was 14.3% for ice pick wounds and 13.3% for butcher knife wounds."
So a single GSW to center of mass is carries a 16.8% mortality rate.
From Wikipedia:
"In 2005, 75% of the 10,100 homicides committed using firearms in the United States were committed using handguns, compared to 4% with rifles, 5% with shotguns, and the rest with unspecified firearms.[48] The likelihood that a death will result is significantly increased when either the victim or the attacker has a firearm.[49] For example, the mortality rate for gunshot wounds to the heart is 84%, compared to 30% for people who sustain stab wounds to the heart.[50]"
OK, carry on.
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