Re: Gauss Weapons

In a message dated 4/25/00 7:09:31 PM Central Daylight Time, 
agoodall@interlog.com writes:

<<  Not only aren't
 they sterilized, the crap that the projectile carries is pretty nasty
(I have
 a book that explains complications due to death by gunshots; for a
quicker
 summary, there is a great scene in "Three Kings" that details it).
Gauss
 projectiles would probably result in fewer side effects.
  >>

A good percentage of the contaminates in a bullet wound are comprised of

clothing fibers from the victim. The cloth is cut off by the projectile
and 
the bone, and may be found within the wound in layers of underwear and
outer 
garments. Patton insisted on his men going into combat in clean clothing

whenever possible.