1. Being alive does not equal being a threat, so statistics on who is still alive at the hospital says nothing about whether or not the person who shot them saved his own life by doing so.
2. You did not say what caliber bullet was used on the ones who kept running. If it was a small caliber, that only reinforces my point that bigger is better.
3. Earlier in this thread someone told me that the accuracy rate of cops in duress is only 2 out of 10. If that's true, then you can throw shot placement out the window.
Rebuttal time!
1) I wasn't giving stats, just personal observation. However, aside from the guy who died in the ED, and the guy with 14 shots in the ICU, most of them were still mobile. In fact, I'd say that the most debilitated, in terms of being a non-threat, were the 3 femur fractures, the two eye injuries, and a few of the chest shots. A couple abdomen wounds were still pretty mobile. That being said, "Ambulatory" doesn't equal "legitamite threat."
2) Calibers are all over the place. It's also hard to tell after the bullet is deformed, or penetrated through a person. However, all the shotgun wounds so far have been less than fatal (suprisingly). The one person hit with buckshot probably could have kept running, had 1 pellet not broken his femur. It seems that pistol calibers are, therefore, unreliable in predicting the actual damage inflicted (by choosing based on "number" alone). Even the person shot in the forehead was awake, alert, and moving all extremities when they arrived.
3) That's pretty depressing. Better practice reloading, or getting a gun with a big magazine.
My point, not even typed, was that I've seen a bunch of people shot, and most have lived to discharge home. So, don't automatically assume a gun will kill/stop a person intent on harm. Even multiple hits, on a non-drugged person, won't necessarily eliminate a threat. Be aware of that, and don't make assumptions about a gun's capability.
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