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Rule of 400 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Quick Google results showed me between 15 and 20% lethality for single GSWs

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That needs an addendum, otherwise it sounds like any GSW is about as lethal as covid19:

    Not accounting for suicides and precision shooting, a single GSW is likely an accident, which drives the lethality down considerably. Filter out unintentional single GSWs and I bet the lethality is rather different.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    This article indicates there's no difference, in fact, and is lower than the conservative percentage I was getting earlier.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe I'm reading the abstract wrong, but it appears that the article specifically compares single headshots with multiple GSW including a single head GSW. In which case there's no significant difference.

    But maybe I'm reading it wrong. I may be biased, because I really want to believe that JimBob shooting himself in the foot cleaning his gun, occurs with a higher frequency and with less mortality, than people shooting to kill.

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