NPR - Diversity

[Marcus]

It doesn't seem that "the bodies of children brought in" implies that the children had "a rifle wound [that was] treatable."

Shooting children is already execrable, a sniper targeting children is even more so.

[Doctor Steuss]

It doesn't seem that "the bodies of children brought in" implies that the children had "a rifle wound [that was] treatable."

Hi Marcus,

The fault is in my use of language in a previous post. The confusion was entirely caused by me, and I think understandable.

That said, I think people sometimes don't realize just how survivable gunshot wounds can be, if they miss key vital organs, and bleeding is managed. About a hundred of the gunshot wound survivors of the 2017 Route 91 Massacre were hit with 7.62x51mm NATO rounds (the same round used in the IMI Galil Galataz Israeli sniper rifle).

[Marcus]

It doesn't seem that "the bodies of children brought in" implies that the children had "a rifle wound [that was] treatable."

Hi Marcus,

The fault is in my use of language in a previous post. The confusion was entirely caused by me, and I think understandable.

That said, I think people sometimes don't realize just how survivable gunshot wounds can be, if they miss key vital organs, and bleeding is managed. About a hundred of the gunshot wound survivors of the 2017 Route 91 Massacre were hit with 7.62x51mm NATO rounds (the same round used in the IMI Galil Galataz Israeli sniper rifle).

I see, thank you for clarifying.

[Physics Guy]

I’ve probably been thinking too much of a military operation in which medics have to do a lot of triage. The Gazans are still trying to live a normal life, in which if somebody dies, you still bring them to the hospital even if it’s just to confirm death.

I don’t know anything about the Route 91 massacre, but I really don’t think it’s easy to survive rifle shots anywhere near anything vital. Supersonic bullets don’t just drill holes. They make big splashes.

I’ve seen it demonstrated in a harmless way with a big sealed metal can full of water. A .22 rimfire round made a leak in the can. A .303 round blew the whole can apart. High speed bullets are even more dangerous than one might think, by a lot.