She was caught in the side of the face and neck. Luckily no pellets hit the side of her eye, just embedded in the temple and cheek close to the eye.VMI77 wrote:Keith B wrote:Just a note, this was a shotgun at point-blank (or less) range as it was 'self-inflicted'. Anything from a distance of 8-10 feet oe more will be predominately pellets and powder burns. I have a friend who was shot with a 12ga shotgun containing birdshot from about 25 feet during an abduction attempt. Her face just looked like she had a severe case of acne or measles.
It didn't blind her? Was that because she didn't take any pellets to the eyes or because they didn't penetrate and cause damage?
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- Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:38 pm
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- Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:25 am
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Just a note, this was a shotgun at point-blank (or less) range as it was 'self-inflicted'. Anything from a distance of 8-10 feet oe more will be predominately pellets and powder burns. I have a friend who was shot with a 12ga shotgun containing birdshot from about 25 feet during an abduction attempt. Her face just looked like she had a severe case of acne or measles.The Annoyed Man wrote:WARNING!!! Don't look if you don't have the stomach for it, but this is a facial shotgun wound: http://www.daviddsemsheadquarters.com/f ... licted.JPGJumping Frog wrote:Well, if people are tired of the .380 vs 9mm vs .45 arguing, we can always resurrect the birdshot versus buckshot argument.
The burglar ran half a block before collapsing. Want to bet the shotgun was loaded with birdshot? If he had been using buckshot or slugs, I don't believe Clint Eastwood's line about "blow your head clean off" is literally true, but I also doubt the guy would run half a block.
