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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 7 years ago

Chances of surviving from these shots from point-blank range?

So I'm writing a story and one of my characters is going to be shot at point blank range with either a 9mm or 357 magnum. What are the chances if her surviving from any of these shots:

Lower abdomen

Middle chest

Stomach

And how much would they change if she was wearing a bulletproof vest

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  • Neil
    Lv 5
    7 years ago
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    Very low survival rate for any of the above with either although the magnum packs a much bigger punch. Modern ballistic vests will stop either with o problem and unless she got very unlucky with a broken rib to the lung or something else weird she would be fine. Lower abdomen and stomach wounds take a while to kill you so if she got to a good trauma unit fast enough she would have a decent chance of survival. Middle chest she would need an ambulance to get there very fast if it hit the heart or lungs.

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