Teacher122@aol.com wrote:
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> My inclination is that a bullet of any caliber would most likely spin > the
>victim around and/or stop the victim. I doubt that
> forward momentum would continue with four shots. I'm betting the
> first shot dropped the victim, and the others were fired from above
> while he was down!
For many years the Dutch police used to a type of bullet that had
hardly any stopping power at all. The bullets were small and
slick, and could easily pass clear through the body. Quite often
a person who had taken a bullet in the body continued to come
towards the policeman.
They did a lot of testing, and the police force chose a type of
bullet that would rip apart an elephant. Parliament then made
them use an intermediate type in the end.
Cheers,
Peter
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