Lucien Haag on Bullets and Kinetic Energy
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Yesterday, I posted an article on the physics of momentum in ballistics. Here is an article by Lucien Haag on the same topic.
Money Quote:
From the calculations presented here and the demonstrative tests, it should be abundantly clear that typical small arms projectiles impacting gunshot victims do not and cannot, cause any major or significant body movement in the victim as a result of momentum transfer of the dissipation of kinetic energy in the gunshot victim.
On the other hand, gunshot victims may display substantial, dramatic, even gross movements upon being shot, but such movements are not the consequence of any physical effect associated with a bullet's impact and penetration into the body. Such movements may be due to a pain response, an avoidance response, or the continuation of a voluntary movement already initiated when the gunshot wound was received.
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