HELP!- Where do i shoot mal?

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CAUSAL

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 2:04 PM

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Originally posted by PurplePebble:
hey guys, I thought it might help to have a little more information.

When he is shot, mal is being held in position. the person shooting him is being forced to do so. they do not want to but it is either them or mal, and he tells them to do it. so its a facing each other calm talking kinda shooting. it has to at less look lke a fatel wound, because if it doesnt the people doing the forcing just wont except it. oh and it happends to be his gun his shot with. (just to add insult to injury, litrially.)

well thats about all i can think of that may affect the outcome.

Thank so much for your replies, im still not convinced either way, so more are welcome. but i am a little clearer. so thank you loads, and you all may have a protein cookie, hot out the oven and all warm too.

"Why did you leave?".... "Why didn't you ask me not too?"

When I learned to shoot a handgun in the military, my rounds were all going above and to the right of the target. No matter how carefully I aimed at the center of the bullseye, it went above and to the right. The rangemaster told me that I was pulling the trigger too hard, too all-at-once, and with too much of my finger. So when I engaged the target, my trigger finger was actually pulling the barrel of the gun off target. Why do I mention all this? Well, if Mal is being held in place and the shooter is a novice, they could actually be aiming for the center of his chest and hit his shoulder, just from not knowing how to shoot properly.

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RHODRI

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 2:14 PM

Shoot him in the back...and miss by aiming too low!!

There's many a one that's taken a round to the rump!

PURPLEPEBBLE

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 2:29 PM

Wow, ideas coming thick and fast now. I love this site.

that web site is amazingly coool, in the disgusting'est kind of way. loads of information, and im defernately filing it for future referance. thankies Arcadia.

now im thinking the thigh might be a good idea. the shooter could be pleased because they naturaly think (like i would have done) its not that bad, and the real bad guys could, in great detail explain how bad it actually is. Then again the shooter isn't as thick as me, and has quite a bit of anatonomy knowledge.

so that kind of brings me back to the shoulder thing, and the bad aiming. which thanks to causal usefull info, seems possiable.
weather it would look fatel enough, is annother mater.

"Why did you leave?".... "Why didn't you ask me not too?"

ROB150185

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:16 PM

Purplepebble:

I suggest you watch "The Negotiator."

Anyone see where I'm going with this?

I'll be in my bunk...

GWEK

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:28 PM

Some of it depends on who's holding Mal and judging the shot. If they have any combat or medical skills whatsoever, it's going to have to be a shot to the head or trunk of the body (no arms, legs... I don't think shoulder is believably fatal).

One possibility would be to have the shooter fire once, hit the shoulder or leg, and the other folks are like "Um, no, not good enough" then Mal or someone leans in and tells the other person where to shoot to make it look fatal (I'm sort of assuming that the shooter might be one of the crew).

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

PURPLEPEBBLE

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:51 PM

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Originally posted by Rob150185:
Purplepebble:

I suggest you watch "The Negotiator."

Anyone see where I'm going with this?

Genius, one of my favourite movies, and i didnt even think about.

I hang my head in shame.

so thats a thigh vote.

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"Why did you leave?".... "Why didn't you ask me not too?"

ROB150185

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:59 PM

Anytime matey!

SCHOONER

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 4:00 PM

This may be too far out for yur story, but there have been cases where a shot to the chest was deflected by something the victim was wearing (a medallion, a cross) just enough so it did not penetrate to the heart. Instead it entered the victim and sort of skidded along the rib, exiting out the side toward the back. Entry and exit wounds, lots of blood and pain, and immediate unconsciousness.

The downside to this is that it would be one hell of a lucky shot (impossible to do deliberately), and it may be a more serious wound than you need for your narrative.

KAYNA

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 4:56 PM

I don't have any usefull sugestions for you, sorry. I just wanted to say that now you have to post this story so I can read it. I'm intrigued. I need to know what's going on. You must write.

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Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

HOTPOINT

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:16 PM

One thing you might like to consider is having the weapon loaded with armour-piercing rather than conventional loads.

An armour-piercing round would be less likely to cause serious internal injuries as it goes through and won't fragment when it hits. It would still leave a nice bloody entrance wound (and a nice neat exit wound because it will just punch right through).

A normal bullet would expand and fragment a bit so it would cause more damage on the inside.

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