Re: [SG] Shotguns

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:28:20 -0500 Randall L Joiner
<rljoiner@mindspring.com> writes:
>> Against PA, well, you have to break the shell. Not hard for the 
>right
>> shotgun slug I think. It'd likely let the magic smoke out. A blast 
>to
>> the head is also a seriously hard thing to deal with.
>
>Speaking of blast to the head...  Even if there was no penetration, 
>what
>about concussive force?  And let's not rule out stunning effects...
>Knocking around the brain in the brain case isn't known for good 
>effects,
>and I can't, and don't want, to imagine the sound from inside some 
>P.A.
>of a shotgun slug bouncing off your helmet...	 Or the headache to
>follow.
>
>Rand.
>

Much like stopping the vaulting runner with your helmet in football (The
american kind...), it works, but at a price.  Concussion reduces your
ability to react (or even act) dramatically.  Been there...

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