Shot in the Head and Won the Gun Fight

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Corik Jasra

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A military friend of mine’s buddy was having a small get together in our area. During the party, two armed BGs came in to rob the place. We have a pretty low crime rate and according to my LEO friend home invasions are not unheard of, but very rare. The thugs robbed each and every person in the home at gunpoint. My friend’s buddy could see that things were starting to go bad. They didn’t leave after the robbery and started moving people into a bedroom and he could tell this was not going to end well. One was in the room with him while the other was herding people into a back room. At this point, my friend’s buddy reached behind his couch, grabbed a 22lr pistol and figured he would go out fighting.

The BG covering those in his living room took a step toward him, and shot my friend’s buddy in the head with a 9mm, while he, almost at the same moment shot the BG in the stomach with the 22. The BG in the bedroom heard the shots and ran from the back room out the front door. The BG shot by the 22, made it to the front door, took two steps outside and fell to the ground dead.

Now the part that was unbelievable to me is that my friend’s buddy has only a small scar on his face from being shot almost point blank with a 9mm. The bone around the area where he was shot is very strong, but eggshell thin. Whether it was the angle, a malfunctioning cartridge or whatever, he has only a small scar from some thug shooting him in the face. He must be one of the luckiest people living.

I am not sure how to assess this situation from a tactical standpoint, but I think it is pretty apparent that if BGs are willing to risk robbing a place when people are home then you have an incredibly dangerous situation on your hands.
 
I am personally familiar with a situation where a two "businessmen" were discussing their respective positions on a business matter when one shot the other in the head with a 9mm.

The bullet struck businessman #2 on the medial area of the forehead approximately 1.5" distal of the eyes.

Hey man, nice shot.

Anyhow the bullet penetrated the skin, and travelled between the skin and the skull, to exit the opposite side of the head at a medial location approximately 3" distal of the base of the skull.

Businessman #1 then fled. Businessman #2 called 911 and reported the incident.

Businessman #2 was transported to the hospital, where he was released after brief examination and questioning. Treatment consisted of a band-aid to the front, and a band-aid to the back.

True story. I kid you not.
 
Ex-son-in-law's father was Chief of Police in this small town many years ago. He was walking up to a house to serve a warrant when the BG came out shooting. COP shot him in the head with .357 and bullet entered between the eyes, high on the forehead, travelled along the skull, under the skin and out the back of the head. Disoriented the BG enough that he could be cuffed and transported to the hospital, then to jail.

Pops
 
Guys these are stories i have to see to believe. I would not say its impossible but a straight on shot with a .357 and you will have a body not a living person. if shot at an angle sure it can glance off but not a straight on shot. I am not saying anyone is lying i would just have to see it to beleive it.
 
kgpcr,

Note this part of armedandsafe's post...

COP shot him in the head with .357 and bullet entered between the eyes, high on the forehead, travelled along the skull, under the skin and out the back of the head.
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Now if he said square between the eyes instead of high on the forehead, my bs meter would be going off like crazy. Since the shot was high on the forehead, it was probably more of a grazing shot that was partially deflected by the skull. The slope of the suspects head as well as the angle of entry was probably just so to cause this rare, but completely plausible wound. I'm sure there is also plenty of exageration when he claimed the bullet went " out the back of the head". Skin is definately not strong enough to force the bullet to follow the curvature of the skull rather than "ricocheting" off. All one can say in this case is lucky perp!
 
glad hes alright--and im glad the bg got what was coming to him..

close call huh?

i'd be sick for days :barf:
 
The above stories are completely plausible IMO, it doesn't take much to deflect the path of a bullet. Bullets do strange things in actual shootings; human body is full of hard bones (with odd angles) elastic skin, tough muscle, and soft organs...human anatomy is not like a block of ballistic gelatin.

That is why "stopping power" with "this" caliber vs. "that" caliber is so subjective.
 
Wow HAS HE STOPPED SHAKING

I'd be nervouse for weeks
wow .22lr killed a man with 1 shot to the gut....hmm nice shot wonder what ahppened?
 
BG = Bad Guy

Just an abbreviation. Here is a list of other abbreviations you're bound to come across while reading.

Welcome to the board, StuMan. :)
 
No headshots, but I personally witnessed a .40 hydra shok fail to penetrate a television tube from about a five foot range. Weird.
 
Several decades ago, my "then boss" was messing around with a married woman. Husband warned him not to continue, . . . but he "couldn't help himself." :rolleyes:

Husband caught my boss sitting in his Jaguar XKE out in the parking lot as he cruised through, . . . pulled out a 1911 and whipped off a round, . . . then split. He must have jerked the trigger as the hardball round just made a dent in the Jag's hood, . . . then buried itself under the chrome strip at the top of the windshield right over the driver's head. :eek:

Long & short, . . . bullet didn't do much at all as far as damage was concerned, . . . and like the above stories, . . . surely didn't do what one would have thought it would have done, . . . but I kinda think my boss may have changed some of his clothing fairly soon thereafter. :D + I never heard him mention her again.

May God bless,
Dwight
 
Thumper- I have also seen ballistic projectiles fail to penetrate a picture tube. The covering glass is incredibly tough and thick. Imagine the liability if the TV imploded and showered the family with glass shrapnel when one of the rugrats throws a metal toy that hits the screen. My Dad's wife threw a heavy metal ash tray at the tube in a pique. The corner hit the TV and made a spider web crack in the covering, but it did not damage the CRT.
 
the conclusion is clear: the 22lr is a better one shot stopper than the 9mm :D

but seriously, the [skull] angles were in your buddy's favor that night, and the bad guy probably caught that .22 in the abdominal aorta...which would pretty much be a pretty quick way to take an eternal dirt nap
 
The bone around the area where he was shot is very strong, but eggshell thin. Whether it was the angle, a malfunctioning cartridge or whatever, he has only a small scar from some thug shooting him in the face.
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Pretty much all bone is very strong, in a relative sense. It is stronger than steel when comparing bone and steel of the same weight. However, egg shell thick bone is NOT very strong compared to steel of the same thickness.

In other words, the eggshell bone did not stop the bullet because of its amazing strength. A good jab with a finger can punch through egg shell thick bone.

I am rather curious as to what bone of the face is egg shell thick that was shot. The only such bones that come close to matching are the nasal bones (bridge of nose area) and inside of the eye sockets, surrounding the eye.
 
So my question is, do you think that would have happened if he was shot with a .45? This is why I don't really care for 9mm.
 
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