I'm just wondering how so many of you can be so certain that any modern gun with hollow points which results in about 350-500 energy, will accomplish an immediate death (as in you lose consciousness immediately, not by bleeding out)?
Is it based on just the ballistic gel tests? I mean it's a good test, and maybe it really is a good enough test to know for certain. It just worries me because the TS and most of the experts in the first pages ITT said that 9mm isn't recommended, but according the gel tests then 9mm is enough. Also tests against pig head and other meat types showed that the damage from 9mm hollow points is barely noticable, while the damage from for example a shotgun is extremely visible.
Especially considering some of you are also asking about if the angle should be 45 degrees or 30 degrees or 15 degrees. If I would say that its 30 degrees, do you think you can aim at exactly 30 degrees? I think if you try to aim for 30 degrees, then it's just as likely you'll by accident shoot at 45 or 15 degrees, or what do you think? How can you be so certain you'll manage exactly at X degrees?
I just wish I could have some more certainty because the consequences are so great. It's too scary to go through with something when you aren't certain it will go as hoped/planned.