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Six-month-old baby shot repeatedly during Arizona standoff with child’s father
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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How in the hell is that baby still alive after being shot multiple times? That's amazing enough for an adult but a baby is so compact and fragile comparatively. That's pretty incredible from a physiological perspective.
Small caliber low power bullets can be deadly or cause minor wounds depending on whether they hit anything important.
I'm still surprised a baby survived multiple, since they have a lot less important parts like major muscles.
With how they are small I can't imagine landing two shots without dealing a lethal damage. In a flat 2d projection, like a target on a shooting range, an adult have, say, an area for 300 shots total, while a baby has like 50. They are very lucky.
Babies are both very fragile and very resilient. For example, bones don't start hardening and fusing for several years, so they can take a lot of bumps and such. I haven't read the article, but it's possible that the wounds were just grazing.
Cops can't aim for shit.
Edit: The fact that this joke is believable enough to get you guys bent out of shape really goes to show how fucked up things are with the police in this country. Y'all are like "Get the pitchforks, the police didn't shoot the baby this time!". It's hilarious and depressing at the same time. I'll be sure to add the /s next time.
According to the article, the police officers didn't shoot the baby, the father did.
Well we know you didn't bother reading the article.