Any projectile that can penetrate a 1/2" pine board has the capacity to inflict a lethal wound. PERIOD.
Therefore, in the English I learned, it is deadly. Would it be a fight stopper? Not likely. Would it be instant death? Not likely. Could you die as a result of it? Absolutely, if the conditions are right.
Puncture a major artery, and bleed out before help can arrive. Pehaps even bleed out before you realize you are dying. It has happened. Major medical support doesn't always save people, even when it ought to be "in time".
Anything that has the energy to punch through a 1/2" pine board has the energy to fatally wound a person, if it strikes the right place.
I don't understand why there is any argument, or doubt about that.?
And that totally ignores the fact that even with modern medicine, people still die from infections. Not as many as there used to be, but even with the odds on our side today, some people still die from it. Something that can kill you a week or a month later, I consider deadly, as well.
Therefore, in the English I learned, it is deadly. Would it be a fight stopper? Not likely. Would it be instant death? Not likely. Could you die as a result of it? Absolutely, if the conditions are right.
Puncture a major artery, and bleed out before help can arrive. Pehaps even bleed out before you realize you are dying. It has happened. Major medical support doesn't always save people, even when it ought to be "in time".
Anything that has the energy to punch through a 1/2" pine board has the energy to fatally wound a person, if it strikes the right place.
I don't understand why there is any argument, or doubt about that.?
And that totally ignores the fact that even with modern medicine, people still die from infections. Not as many as there used to be, but even with the odds on our side today, some people still die from it. Something that can kill you a week or a month later, I consider deadly, as well.