When I used to work in the ER, I saw one such fatality. The teenaged son of an LAPD officer was hanging around with his cousin when they came across his father's .32 caliber BUG. The cousin stupidly but playfully pointed the gun at the son's head. The son dared his cousin to pull the trigger. He did. The bullet entered the son's head just above and right between the eyes. Range was point blank. The cousin told police that they believed the gun was unloaded, and neither of them checked to see if it was or not. The son did not survive.seamusTX wrote:Do not dare anyone to shoot you. This is a real bad idea. The best you can do is not get shot right then and there.
- Jim
There was no exit wound as I recall, but the entry wound was surprisingly large for the caliber. It wasn't gigantic, but it was large enough to permit gray matter to leak out of the wound. The muzzle was at nearly contact distance when the trigger was pulled, so perhaps the size of the hole was in part due to the muzzle blast.
Like Jim said, daring someone to shoot you is a bad idea.