Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site talcott.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!gjk From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg Kuperberg) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Re: handgun control Message-ID: <203@talcott.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 21:19:23 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.203 Posted: Thu Jan 3 21:19:23 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 13:16:39 EST References: <245@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: Harvard Lines: 18 > I suspect that many more victims would be seriously injured and maimed > for life if knifing attacks were more common. When you consider the > difference between being shot with a .22, where the bullet probably > passes right though you and mainly causes a lot of bleeding, and having > your stomach ripped open with a 8" knife... With higher caliber guns, > of course, the damage is greater, but since most handguns are things > like .22's and short .38's, it seems that the damage done would be much > less. > > Wayne Since neither of us are presenting statistics, here is my intuition: Most of the damage sustained by being shot would be by fragmentation of the bullet itself. If the bullet fragments sufficiently, there is no reason that it should pass right through you. Also, I would think that the main damage caused by a knife is also bleeding. Greg