this has literally never happened in the history of sniper shootings so.. add Kirk to the long list of all of them, i guess. what a miracle.
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These "journalists" played too much Sniper Elite where you can curve a single bullet to kill 15 nazis standing in a circle.
The flesh of some dweeb's neck ain't stopping a .30-06, that round would have near decapitated him.
Maybe a pistol caliber, maybe sub-sonic pistol bullet would stop in his flesh, but not a rifle round.
That kid didn't shoot Charlie. That kid is the fall guy.
God sure does move in mysterious ways.
The invisible man standing behind him was saved.
I thought all the blood was gushing out of the exit wound.
This is why im here
Bullets do weird things when they go into flesh and bone. Thanks for the insight, Fox!
Not this, this is completely fucking impossible.
A pistol round could do what is being described here, that is believable.
Not a 30.06, that is completely impossible.
Oh, christ, is this the shit the conspiracy theories latch onto?
Yes, bullets do weird things.
30-06 round like that, at double or triple that distance, will knock a full grown deer off its feet from the energy and put a hole the size of a fist in it. If it's a hollow point round, double that exit wound size.
Usually you'd use a round of that caliber to hunt moose or bears. Many deer hunters think it's overkill.
Bullets interacting with human tissue DO have a tendency to get weird, but the forces involved here simply do not add up as presented.
So you're saying it was a miracle?
No miracle, also not .30-06
Maybe the bullet transformed miraculously?
Right, perhaps it was actually an unleavened wafer.
Got it, you have no familiarity with firearms nor the physics involved, understood.