on stopping power
A man and woman have a suicide pact over financial difficulties. The man shoots his wife in the back of the head. Then shoots himself. He then drives them both three miles to the police station where the police note:
“At first, when they said they wanted to report that they’d attempted suicide, we thought they had used sleeping pills or something along those lines,” Phillips said. “They were walking and talking, and they were in distress but not overly in distress.”
Wounds were not life-threatening.
I have to wonder what the weapon was in this case.
August 26th, 2011 at 9:35 am
A BB gun is the first thing that comes to mind (no pun intended).
August 26th, 2011 at 9:43 am
They might be both bone heads…
August 26th, 2011 at 10:07 am
Probably a Glock. ; )
August 26th, 2011 at 10:08 am
The problem is right there in the article. They shot themselves in the head. Should have aimed for a working organ.
August 26th, 2011 at 11:49 pm
As I wrote at Tam’s blog, what you want is a small closet, a large bottle of compressed nitrogen, and some duct tape. No loud noises, no muss, no fuss.
August 27th, 2011 at 2:37 am
.25 Raven?
August 29th, 2011 at 10:30 am
The article at one point stated that a .32 caliber pistol was used. I wonder if it was a .32 acp or some older caliber like .32S&W