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Solly Mack

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15. AR-15 rounds ricochet inside the body ripping organs apart.

Reply to Joe Nation (Reply #14)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 08:13 PM

Mar 2021

So what might look like a minor wound on the outside can damage the insides beyond repair. People bleed to death from all the damage even if it doesn't hit a major organ.

I am so sorry about your brother. I'm glad he lived but still...Yikes!

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All these mass shooting at too sanitized for the public [View all] Joe Nation Mar 2021 OP

I think that's what worked to Ghost of Tom Joad Mar 2021 #1

Sadly, No News Outlet Will Have The Courage SoCalDavidS Mar 2021 #2

I agree, although sometimes it gets out anyway kcr Mar 2021 #3

Actually the local news here did show the bodies on the gldstwmn Mar 2021 #11

It is past time to expose the horror. IMO we would have had serious legislation after Sandy Hook. nt CrispyQ Mar 2021 #4

I totally agree. I have been a news photographer it's frustrating not to get the real story out. Walleye Mar 2021 #5

The average American, even the average gun humper, has no idea what these wounds are like... RockRaven Mar 2021 #6

I think so, too Leith Mar 2021 #7

I understand what you are saying. Behind the Aegis Mar 2021 #8

I firmly believe this to be true HAB911 Mar 2021 #9

I agree. Sanitizing it creating a false sense of reality. gldstwmn Mar 2021 #10

I wrote to Rachel Maddow and asked her to consider this approach Joe Nation Mar 2021 #12

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2021 #13

My younger brother was shot in the abdomen by a 12 gauge shotgun from 6 feet away when he was 18 Joe Nation Mar 2021 #14

AR-15 rounds ricochet inside the body ripping organs apart. Solly Mack Mar 2021 #15