Saturday 6 October 2018

FBI HANDGUN Wounding Factors & Effectiveness:

Urey W Patrick - author of this thought provoking 19 page FBI report - deserves a round of applause.

If you haven't already - PLEASE READ IT .. Slowly and carefully.

http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/fbi-hwfe.pdf

- I'm going to read it again at least once more to fully absorb it's content and meaning ...

However, my first thoughts are that either an "exploding projectile"  or one that delivers a destructive high voltage charge internally - or pre-fragmenting bullets such as duplex or triplex loadings might be the way to seriously increase handgun effectiveness as "instant termination" devices.

Thanks are again due to Greg at Active Response Training for posting such high value info in his regular Weekend Knowledge Dump. I look forward always to seeing what he's included this weekend.

 - As Greg writes: "Written after their famous Miami gunfight, this paper quantifies exactly how handgun bullets stop people who are shot.  Even though it was written around 29 years ago, the learning points are still valid today."
(The Miami gunfight was April 11 1986.)

.. There have indeed been innovative improved projectiles designed in recent years - but they have not yet been used often enough to yield real data.

FBI REPORT: Page 11 'THE HUMAN TARGET' ..Quote:

"..the concept of reliable and reproducible immediate incapacitation of the human target by gunshot wounds to the torso is a myth."

OK, - improvements are still pending development.

While you are in the mood for reading - check this out too:

https://www.integratedskillsgroup.com/blog/guns-of-isg-the-revolver

Marty K.

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