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45. Inchon, Korea. The NKPA and the Chinese army of that time used the

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Wed Aug 20, 2014, 02:38 PM

Aug 2014

7.62X54 cartridge. A lot more powerful than the SKS round.

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My Dad was shot and wounded at Inchon in the Korean War. He described [View all] VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 OP

It's almost as if, on a subconscious level, they see him as some superhuman monster. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #1

Thanks for responding. This latest cover story seems to stretch the VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #3

My dad was hit in his right side in Vietnam IronGate Aug 2014 #2

Thanks for responding. None of us (not even Wilson) know what exactly VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #4

I guess that it would depend on where the gunshot wound is. IronGate Aug 2014 #6

There is also the difference in the energy dump oneshooter Aug 2014 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author oneshooter Aug 2014 #33

It depends on what you get hit with, and where, and what damage it does pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #5

Thanks for responding and for surviving. Well, my Dad got shot VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #8

There are thousands of shootings caught on tape Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #39

I know enough about gun stuff to know when I am way, way out of my depth. I VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #40

Both guns fire the same bullet, so its largely irrelevent Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #41

Inchon, Korea. The NKPA and the Chinese army of that time used the oneshooter Aug 2014 #45

Mosin Nagant? Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #46

No, I find it likelier that he was shot as he crumpled down. Warpy Aug 2014 #7

Thanks for responding and well put. I keep finding myself tearing up over these VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #11

Hard not to if you've got a kid that age. Warpy Aug 2014 #12

Is 'here' Albuquerque and the man James Boyd? If so, I read about the case and was deeply VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #14

Boyd was no angel, he had a long rap sheet and mental illness Warpy Aug 2014 #18

All of us are guilty of something. Doesn't mean any of us deserve summary execution. Thank VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #29

Thank you to your dad for his service davidpdx Aug 2014 #9

Thank you for responding and I will pass along your thanks to my Dad when I next see him or speak VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #16

While I wasn't alive at the time (heck my mom had just had her 2nd birthday a few weeks prior) davidpdx Aug 2014 #22

I addressed that nonsense in an OP--as well as other ridiculous excuses cops come up with tblue37 Aug 2014 #10

Thank you for responding and for calling it 'nonsense'. This gives people like me who don't know VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #13

Thanks. Actually, it got a lot of recs, but only 9 responses--and 3 tblue37 Aug 2014 #15

BTW, you might also like to read one of my responses in that thread-- tblue37 Aug 2014 #17

Could Mike Brown have been staggering? Could he have been falling or leaning forward and JDPriestly Aug 2014 #19

Dunno where you are in California, but I would encourage any and all DUers who visit VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #26

We still have a ghetto in South Central to a certain extent. There is also East LA, and there JDPriestly Aug 2014 #34

Thanks for the tip and I guess I know what my wife and I will be doing this coming VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #36

From what I understand Micheal was not struck arthritisR_US Aug 2014 #20

Thanks for responding and that's my understanding also. I don't enough about bullet wounds to know VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #23

There are a lot of examples of soldiers who kept fighting with bullet wounds pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #30

People who go for the raging bull meme got it from media. Ain't true, never was. freshwest Aug 2014 #21

I agree, it failed and fails my smell test. And when this story is brought down, as I trust VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #24

+100 JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #27

Well, you know, Brown was a big guy and was hopped up on pot! Avalux Aug 2014 #25

Yeah, it definitely plays to people's pre-existing prejudices. But I wondered whether it VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #28

What was even scientifically medically possible? Please clarify. n/t Avalux Aug 2014 #31

Handgun wounds are very survivable - rifle wounds are a completely different matter. hack89 Aug 2014 #35

Thanks for responding and your post explains a lot. I'm pretty sure VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #37

Reactions vary from person to person Lurks Often Aug 2014 #38

The person in this story was shot 22 times. 17 were in the "center of mass" and he did not stop Glassunion Aug 2014 #42

Thank you for responding and, Jesus, that is one hell of a story (like something out of VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #43

IIRC he was wanted for murder. Glassunion Aug 2014 #44