[marktwain]

In another article, it says that the range was two miles from where Justo was hit. I have not found any information as to caliber or weight of the bullet.

[allmost]

Man...

[slumber1]

See what happens - Just the threat that Obamacare will be overturned and people are already having to tend their own gunshot wounds! Oh the humanity!

[Farmer Dean]

I’m having some trouble with his “smoke coming out of my shirt”part of the story.

[null and void]

General rule of thumb: If something is sticking in you, don’t pull it out!

It could be like removing the cork from an artery...

[smokingfrog]

I was like should I pull it out or shouldn't I pull it out ...

Uh, no. You should leave that to a medical professional.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

At a range of two miles, the bullet would have had to been fired at a near 45-degree angle, and would have been coming down at a similar angle.

I am sure that any forensic evidence of any kind is verboten, but I'd bet dollars to doughnut holes that the bullet was at no such angle to his sternum.

[gaijin]

Wow, my BS meter pegged.

He’s an activist, or some con-artist gunning for a settlement.

And what an idiot journalist for reporting this —they NEVER know ANYTHING about guns at all.

[Drill Thrawl]

He was told, “Dude I think you just got hit by a stray bullet. I said there's no way, so I looked down at my shirt and I saw a hole with a little bit of smoke coming out”. Might have a cracked sternum.

Bravo. Sierra.

[LucianOfSamasota]

Notice the Hispanic name...

This is a rasssicsst bullett!!!

We should OUTLAW the white race...and guns! Yeah, guns too!
Except for the ones we use in Fast and Furious...And Republicans - outlaw them! And especially the Tea Party - they’re too old to party anyway...not like the Occupy Party, who party and party when they’re not advocating violent overthrow of society...

Gosh! Progressive solutions are SOOOOOOOO easy to predict and emulate. If I ever have a lobotomy, I think I’ll turn Progressive too!

Please no responses...just a rant.

[servo1969]

“He described how he could see the large bullet sticking out of his chest and the decision he was forced to make.”

What kind of bullet is that? I mean that sentence makes it sound as if the bullet was 2 or 3 inches long. I mean I could understand ‘dig’ out the bullet. But ‘pull’ it out? It’s only half way in and it just stays there? Did he get shot with a dart from a blowgun?

Please tell me this reporter isn’t stupid enough to buy this line of BS because because she thinks a fired bullet includes the damn shell and everthing. I’ve have actually known people that were so dumb they didn’t even realize only little front part comes out the barrel when a gun goes ‘bang’. Please tell me she didn’t just make up this little insight because she thought it would be exciting, not realizing how little she understands firearms.

[freedumb2003]

Man surgery kit:

And of course:

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I spent a long time taking care of trauma patients including many, many gunshot wounds. The notion of “removing the bullet” is pretty much a Hollywood notion only. You are NOT going to get “lead poisoning” from a retained bullet and many, many patients are walking around with all sorts of bullets in various parts of their bodies. The cases where removing a bullet is recommended basically are

1. In a blood vessel - this is quite rare.
2. In a joint space - here you CAN get effects from lead.
3. If it’s sticking through the skin - you do this electively at a later date in the outpatient clinic.

Aside from these cases “removing the bullet” comes from the movies and not from real life.

[GoldenPup]

Read on another post that it was a .223.

[magslinger]

[FlyingEagle]

So what do the rules of golf say? Does he have to play the shot over again when shot during taking a swing? Or does he just play out as long as the bullet is protruding and smoking?

If he is already smoking from the bullet, can he also have a cigar and smoke while playing?

Should the foursome behind play through, or duck?