Hard to believe a gunshot into the mouth and through the back of the neck could miss vital tissues.
Hard to believe he didnt blow half his face off.
Even with a blank, you’d think he would blow half his face off.
That's another thing that gets me. No religious Muslim commits suicide - it's a Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200 ticket straight to hell. Suicide by cop, i.e. by pointing your gun at the cops and getting blown away, is fine. Suicide bombings against infidels are fine. The trick is either having somebody else kill you (which may be what bin Laden was trying to achieve by reaching for his weapon), or die in the act of fighting or killing the infidel. Offing yourself with a gun is not either of these.