JE Corbett
2023-11-23 05:27:17 UTC
CTs like to argue that ER doctors in a big city hospital would likely have lots of
experience treating victims of gunshot wounds and that much is true. It does
not follow that they would be able to distinguish an entrance wound from an exit wound. For starters, most gunshot victims are shot by handguns. While
full metal jacket bullets are available for handguns, they are most commonly
used for recreational and competition shooting. They are not the best choice
for self defense and not normally used in criminal activity. Soft lead and
hollow point ammo is most often used for those purposes. Such bullets
deform on impact, even when hitting soft tissue. They are also less likely
to exit the body as was the case with the round Jack Ruby fired into Oswald.
When such ammo does exit a body, it will be deformed and is not going to
produce a neat, round exit wound like a full metal jacket bullet would. It is
therefore not surprising that the ER team would believe the neat round
bullet hole in JFK's throat was an entrance wound because they likely had
little to no experience with exit wound produced by FMJ bullets.
experience treating victims of gunshot wounds and that much is true. It does
not follow that they would be able to distinguish an entrance wound from an exit wound. For starters, most gunshot victims are shot by handguns. While
full metal jacket bullets are available for handguns, they are most commonly
used for recreational and competition shooting. They are not the best choice
for self defense and not normally used in criminal activity. Soft lead and
hollow point ammo is most often used for those purposes. Such bullets
deform on impact, even when hitting soft tissue. They are also less likely
to exit the body as was the case with the round Jack Ruby fired into Oswald.
When such ammo does exit a body, it will be deformed and is not going to
produce a neat, round exit wound like a full metal jacket bullet would. It is
therefore not surprising that the ER team would believe the neat round
bullet hole in JFK's throat was an entrance wound because they likely had
little to no experience with exit wound produced by FMJ bullets.