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pbwalker wrote:

CHL/LEO wrote:
I guess I have a question on this...Does a .45 JHP round have enough energy to go through this area and destroy the cerebellum, say at 5 to 10 feet distance? I apologize if this is a dumb question (maybe too much of Law and Order on TV).

The cerebellum is fairly small; a little less than the size of a walnut and is protected by a slanting portion of the skull. It is the primitive portion of the brain that controls our autonomic functions: heartbeat, breathing, etc.. A .45 ACP JHP round would certainly do the trick ... if you made the shot from the rear and the projectile was not deflected from its path by the slanting bone matter. A .357 Mag has the energy for frontal shots, but bone deflection could still be a problem. Maybe.

I've observed threads such as this before (concerning head shots). Pistoleros need to concentrate on shooting to stop the fight; not shooting to kill. One of the wise, old BPA's who trained me taught to rely on shots to the pelvic girdle. That area of the body is large and wide; it doesn't bob and weave as heads tend to do. A broken pelvis will place an assailant on the ground - fast. It will, also, enable the civilian to retreat and call The Law or The Law to move in and effect the apprehension.

The human body is an unbelievably tough thing. Absent a wound in a major area, it will keep working. This is not theory; I've personally witnessed horrific gunshot wounds to the head, neck, legs, arms and thorax in other people that, basically, just made them angry. I've also experienced it myself. True, serious medical attention was required for the wounds at some point but death from them required something else to have been wounded.