What was this Egyptian protester hit by? Rubber buck? Regular bird shot?
Posted Feb 11, 2011, 12:05 AM UTC
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This guy still has 30 pieces left in him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Whittington
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That link just sent me off on another one of my two-hour long wikipedia chains... Thanks!
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After being released from the hospital, he apologized to the Vice President and his family: "My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week."
The paper also reported that Cheney has still neither publicly nor privately apologized to Whittington for the shooting.
You know, only Cheney can get away with shooting another person and have the victim apologize for the shooting, rather than the other way around.
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I count 32 entry woulds. Since my 3.5 inch magnum shotgun can at most shoot 18 pellets of 00 buck in a single shot, we know it isn't that. Even in the 3.5 inch shell, I don't think you could get that many pellets in of any of the smaller buck shots. Of course thats assuming he was only shot once.
It could be any size bird shot, you just can't tell from the picture. Though based on the spread of the wounds, I looks like he was shot from a good distance.
The wounds would be much bigger if it was 00 buck. The diameter of 00 is about 1/3" (or 9mm)
With the size of the wounds I would guestimate birdshot, maybe T to B birdshot.
Stings like hell, but he'll probably live