WEBVTT - Where's the best place on your body to get shot?

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<v Speaker 1>How's it going, Chuck? It's going great, Josh? How are you?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing pretty good. Good. Before we get started, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>let's how about gun death. How about that for a segue. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry's crying now, so I think a gun death is

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<v Speaker 1>a good way to go. Okay, all right, So um

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<v Speaker 1>wow that was really something that was great. Um, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>for Clint, are you? Yeah, Well I've never seen you

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<v Speaker 1>get choked up? Okay, alright, alright, so gun death, gun death,

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<v Speaker 1>basically chuck. There's a new study that was released though

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<v Speaker 1>I think about four hours ago. Really yeah, less than

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<v Speaker 1>that actually, um, And it found that states that have

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<v Speaker 1>lax handgun laws. There's actually ten of them that have

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<v Speaker 1>really lacks handgun laws, and I believe George is one

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<v Speaker 1>of them. See, we're one of those states. You can

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<v Speaker 1>come down and buy like fifty guns if you want,

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<v Speaker 1>and then take them to New York and sell them. Yeah. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>states like ours actually have a higher in stince per

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<v Speaker 1>capita of UM handgun related deaths, actually seventy more. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's not altogether shocking, No, it's not. And what's even

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<v Speaker 1>less shocking is that these statistics are found in the US.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you can make a pretty good case that, um,

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<v Speaker 1>the US is a gun culture. Yeah, you want some numbers, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm flying in with the stats as we speak. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>United States in two thousand seven, there were a total

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<v Speaker 1>of two hundred and seventy million guns. Yes, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is ninety guns for every hundred people. Right, And just

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<v Speaker 1>to put that in perspective, India, which is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>surprised me, actually the second most armed nations. Well think

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<v Speaker 1>think about this. India also has like a billion people

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<v Speaker 1>living there. We have a quarter of the population have

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<v Speaker 1>been India, right. Uh So, having said that, India has

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<v Speaker 1>a forty five million compared to our two seventy and

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<v Speaker 1>there's second in the most heavily armed nation on the planet.

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<v Speaker 1>So there you go. Yeah, um so that's that's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of guns. We had a lot of guns for people.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. Um, I spent some time when I was

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<v Speaker 1>in high school. I lived in kenne Saw, Georgia, and

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<v Speaker 1>kenne Saw actually has a law on the books that

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<v Speaker 1>says you have to own a gun if you live

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<v Speaker 1>in kenne Saw. That was probably passed right around the

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<v Speaker 1>time you were growing up there, right, I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was pasted a few years before because I heard of it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd heard of it when you know, before we came

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<v Speaker 1>down and I don't know gun guy, but apparently crime

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<v Speaker 1>dropped quite a bit. And it did. And it also

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<v Speaker 1>it also was an end run around any debate over

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<v Speaker 1>gun control. They just said, no, forget it, We're going

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<v Speaker 1>the exact opposite way of gun control. Everybody has to

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<v Speaker 1>have a gun. And clearly, you know, the police didn't

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<v Speaker 1>enter your house in search, which would have been stupid

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<v Speaker 1>to do in kenne Saw because everybody's armed. So it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't very heavily enforced law, but it's a it was

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<v Speaker 1>a significant one. Everybody in Kennethan knew it, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're not talking about gun control today. No, that's

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<v Speaker 1>not what this podcast is all about. Just to set up, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what we're talking about is, uh, where do you want

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<v Speaker 1>to get shot? What isn't that what we're talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>The best place to get shot? Oh? Yes, yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>actually yes, um. And and the reason we were talking

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<v Speaker 1>about guns is because there's so many of them, it's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty you know, you have a pretty high likelihood in

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<v Speaker 1>the US to get shot. So as a service of

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a public service of how stuff works, we're

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<v Speaker 1>here to advise you on the best place to take

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<v Speaker 1>a bullet if you do get shot, as if you

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<v Speaker 1>can control that, oh THEO. There are a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>things you could do. Sure, I mean you're in a

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<v Speaker 1>grocery store and and it goes down. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>stuff is the fan, that kind of thing. Now you'll

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<v Speaker 1>know what to do or um. An example I used

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<v Speaker 1>is um if an angry loan shark is like, I

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<v Speaker 1>got a bullet here with your name on it. Where

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<v Speaker 1>you want to take it? Now you'll know? Okay, So, um,

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's first kind of describe what happens when you

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<v Speaker 1>get shot, right, Because an understanding of this called wound ballistics.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the field of study of, you know, what a

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<v Speaker 1>bullet does to bone and tissue organ Once you understand that,

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<v Speaker 1>you can figure out pretty easily where the best place

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<v Speaker 1>to get shot is. Um. Okay, So, wound ballistics, Chuck, yes.

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<v Speaker 1>Kinetic energy, Josh, Yes. Bullets entire purpose on this planet

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<v Speaker 1>is to take the energy that it has when it's

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<v Speaker 1>shot out of a gun and transfer it to your body, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which is determined by its weight and velocity in trajectory.

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<v Speaker 1>In trajectory, yes, So you take all these things together

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<v Speaker 1>and actually you can predict pretty well the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>damage that's going to be done. Um, if you are

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<v Speaker 1>shot in a bone, a bone is going to absorb

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<v Speaker 1>most of that kinetic energy, if not all, which sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like a good thing. It's not, it's not. It means

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<v Speaker 1>your bone is just totally shattered, right, which causes essentially

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<v Speaker 1>a mini shrapnel explosion inside your body. Yeah, and the

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<v Speaker 1>bone fragments actually end up doing I don't know about

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<v Speaker 1>as much, but does a lot of damage to your organs.

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<v Speaker 1>And then they've been known to travel all sorts of

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<v Speaker 1>crazy places too. Yeah. Bullets, Uh, the another big JFK

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<v Speaker 1>magic bullet theory sounds crazy and I'm not citing one

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<v Speaker 1>way or the other, but bullets have been known to

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<v Speaker 1>do weird, weird things once they hit objects. Didn't wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>it that that Texas senator didn't It supposedly hit his

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<v Speaker 1>elbow and travel up his arm and then go out

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<v Speaker 1>and then hit JFK in the face or something. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And my my brother in Lawn, he's in the Marine Corps,

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<v Speaker 1>told me a story one time about a firing range

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<v Speaker 1>accident where a fellow marine was shot and it like

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<v Speaker 1>went in his shoulder and traveled across his chest and

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<v Speaker 1>then down the arm and like out the tip of

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<v Speaker 1>his finger. Wow, just tumbling. It's just nuts. Yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So okay, so these things are deadly and unpredictable, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a really bad. Yeah. Um okay, so that's what

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<v Speaker 1>happens when you when when bones hit that kinetic energy

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<v Speaker 1>is transferred, the bone with shatters and it's bad. And ultimately,

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<v Speaker 1>here's a little side note, um getting shot through and

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<v Speaker 1>through and in and out. It's actually it's actually good, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you you may bleed death, but you're probably

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<v Speaker 1>gonna bleed to death anyway if it hits some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of vital organ um or major artery. But the bullet wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't manage to transfer all of its energy, which

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<v Speaker 1>is why it kept traveling. If it stays in your body,

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<v Speaker 1>all that energy was transferred to your bone um soft tissue,

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<v Speaker 1>which actually doesn't it doesn't um, it doesn't crush the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of wound that a bone sustains as a crushing wound,

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<v Speaker 1>crushing penetration um soft tissue or organs, that kind of

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<v Speaker 1>thing that actually suffers a cavitation. This is screwed up, right,

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<v Speaker 1>This is actually this kind of surprised me. When a

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<v Speaker 1>bullet passes through you through tissue, it creates a cavity

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<v Speaker 1>that can be up to thirty times as wide as

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<v Speaker 1>the bullet itself. And yeah, and it's it's created by

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<v Speaker 1>the shock waves, right, and then the path closes behind

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<v Speaker 1>the bullet. It's like a split second opening this gulf

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<v Speaker 1>in your soft tissue. Um, and then it closes behind.

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<v Speaker 1>But that that damnage is already done. That shockwave has

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<v Speaker 1>already just trashed all that soft tissue. Um. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's bad too, right, which sort of brings us to

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<v Speaker 1>these specialty bullets. Yeah, they are especially made to do

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<v Speaker 1>maximum harm. We're talking about uh, full metal jacket bullets

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<v Speaker 1>and then yeah, good movie too. And the hollow points

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<v Speaker 1>which are designed to fragment after impact or hollow points

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<v Speaker 1>are soft and they actually flatten and spread out and

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<v Speaker 1>create a wider area wider than that yeah, because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have a little pointy bullet, it's not going

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<v Speaker 1>to make as as much, it's not gonna have as

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<v Speaker 1>much of a wide of a track or create a cavity.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just call those people killing bullets exactly. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>these things are designed to to most efficiently transfer their energy,

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<v Speaker 1>all of it to the human body. Um. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so so now we kind of understand what a bullet

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<v Speaker 1>can do, right, Um now the body, right, the human body,

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<v Speaker 1>So bone can shatter. Yes, so you want to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of you don't. You don't want to get shot in

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<v Speaker 1>a place that's real bony, especially if it's a bone

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<v Speaker 1>that's near a vital organ. Right your ribs, Yeah, your

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<v Speaker 1>chest is just out of the question. You've got you've

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<v Speaker 1>got lungs in there, You've got heart. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>liver's in there somewhere. I mean, you've got a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of really important stuff in there. Yeah. Between your waist

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<v Speaker 1>and your neck is a lot of organs going on.

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<v Speaker 1>And if all of a sudden you have rigged rib

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<v Speaker 1>fragments flying all over the place. Then and also getting

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<v Speaker 1>shot in the spine not a great place. Um, probably

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<v Speaker 1>lifelong paralysis, if not death. Um, not not a good spot.

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<v Speaker 1>Your head is a terrible spot too. Yeah. I know

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<v Speaker 1>the guy that did you interview him or yeah? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>his name is Ed size More. Yeah, he said, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd rather get shot in the brain then in the heart.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he'd rather get shot in the heart than

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<v Speaker 1>the brain, right, because you can repair a heart. There's

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<v Speaker 1>artificial hearts, there's no artificial brain. Although he also pointed

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<v Speaker 1>out that, um, there are plenty of people who uh

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<v Speaker 1>survive um, gunshot wounds of their brains from I think

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty something to nineteen ninety three. Uh, it's pretty

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<v Speaker 1>it was. It wasn't that scientific. Um, I'm sorry. It

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<v Speaker 1>was two to nine sixty six percent of the people

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<v Speaker 1>who came into Cook County General Hospital in Chicago with

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<v Speaker 1>gunshot wounds to their brain lived. So it's not necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>fatal to get shot in the brain, but you can

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<v Speaker 1>be messed up for the rest of your life. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>brain damage, and that's not kind of fun either. No,

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<v Speaker 1>So you want to stay away from the head. You

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<v Speaker 1>want to stay away from the torso the spine. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think really ultimately, every single one of our

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<v Speaker 1>listeners is like, yeah, really, what what a huge surprise?

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<v Speaker 1>What an enlightning podcast. Okay, so let's go to the

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<v Speaker 1>arms and legs and smarties. Huh did any of you

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<v Speaker 1>say arms or legs, because if so, you'd be wrong. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But my first thought was maybe to get shot in

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<v Speaker 1>the leg would be a good place because in the movies,

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<v Speaker 1>they just tie bandana around it and limp off. Yeah

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<v Speaker 1>did you did you ever see? Uh? I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was Rambo. I think it was First Blood Part two

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<v Speaker 1>might have been three. Um where he gets shot in

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<v Speaker 1>the side, through and through wound and he's done in

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<v Speaker 1>like some sewer or something, and he pours like gasoline

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<v Speaker 1>or or sterno into it and then lights it on

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<v Speaker 1>fire with a torch to motorize the wound shot and

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<v Speaker 1>it just shoots through like the side of his body

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<v Speaker 1>and he screams and everything. It's awesome. It was pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>You just I just got a glimpse into twelve year

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<v Speaker 1>old Josh. Yeah, yeah, I think I was even younger

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<v Speaker 1>than that. But yeah, that was good stuff. Um okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So but again, had he had he chosen wisely, he

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't have gotten shot in the side again close to

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<v Speaker 1>internal organs. But let's get back to the arms and legs. No,

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<v Speaker 1>because major major arteries, the femeral and the brachial arteries

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<v Speaker 1>run through the leg and the arm, respectively, So these

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<v Speaker 1>are huge arteries. They're they're responsible for all the blood

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<v Speaker 1>flow to your extremities, which is pretty important because without it,

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<v Speaker 1>they would freeze off when it got you know, down

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<v Speaker 1>to thirty five degrees um. And if you get shot

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<v Speaker 1>in any one of these, if these things become severed, um,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll bleed out in about two or three minutes. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Once I read the part about the femoral artery, it recalled.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know I've heard a lot on the news

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<v Speaker 1>about people getting shot in the leg and dying, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's the reason. It can be a very deadly place

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<v Speaker 1>to get shot. So what are we left with? Well, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>by my account, the head, the chest, the arms, and

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<v Speaker 1>legs are out, so I would just say the feet

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<v Speaker 1>in the hands, that is right. It's probably the best

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<v Speaker 1>place to right. And also somebody out there who may say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what about the pubic region the hip? No, no, um,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a nerve bundle your hip. That is by

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<v Speaker 1>again Ed Sizemore is reckoning. Um. The most painful place

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<v Speaker 1>to get shot. The nerve bundle right there would just

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<v Speaker 1>shoot pain throughout your body in the most efficient manner possible.

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<v Speaker 1>So not the pelviace either, but yes, a hand or

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<v Speaker 1>a foot, well, there's all kinds of bones though, So

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<v Speaker 1>it is true this is the thing you know there

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<v Speaker 1>you would suffer some terrible, terrible crushing injuries. Um, you

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<v Speaker 1>may never use your hand or foot that you got

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<v Speaker 1>shot in again. Number one, you have another one. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's say you you get even you know, your

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<v Speaker 1>your foot just completely disabled. Um. There are such things

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<v Speaker 1>as crutches, wheelchairs. You can drag your foot along behind

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<v Speaker 1>you with your good foot, your hand. You'll never work

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<v Speaker 1>with your you know whatever hand you got shot in again.

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<v Speaker 1>But think about the drummer from def Leppard. He droned

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<v Speaker 1>with only one arm. Okay, so I mean there's exactly yes,

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<v Speaker 1>um is that his name? Next one? Um? So, so yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it would hurt, but think about how thin your hand

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<v Speaker 1>and feet are. It could go right through it. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>we'll go right through. And also those bones that are

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<v Speaker 1>getting shattered as that you know, high high, high speed,

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<v Speaker 1>hollow point bullet and rushrooms into it and it goes

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<v Speaker 1>out the other end. Um. There, it's very unlikely those

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<v Speaker 1>those fragments will travel to a vital organ. Right, So

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<v Speaker 1>is it there far enough away? Well? I guess just

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<v Speaker 1>makes sense because whenever you hear about stories about army

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<v Speaker 1>dudes in various wars, you want to get sent home.

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<v Speaker 1>They shoot themselves in the foot. That's just a common

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<v Speaker 1>way to do it to get sent home. Yeah, at

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<v Speaker 1>the very least Stewie and Brian did right from the

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<v Speaker 1>family guy. Yeah it didn't work though, Yeah yeah, so yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>hand or foot that's the way to go, agreed. I

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<v Speaker 1>would if someone came running at me with a gun,

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<v Speaker 1>I would lie down and stick up my arms and

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<v Speaker 1>legs and and my hands in front of my face. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>you you would be right in lying down. Mr Sizemore

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<v Speaker 1>told me, you know, if you get down on the ground,

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<v Speaker 1>you're presenting a smaller target. His number one advice to

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<v Speaker 1>any civilian UM who is being shot at run run.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe he may have said run, like hell yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I would do this too. That's another good idea too.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, most people can't shoot to say their lives. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>um so yeah, but you know you could just as

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<v Speaker 1>easily run into a bullet. That that's true. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>number one, run number two laid down on the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a choice? Hand? Foot? Yeah? Exactly. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know that brings us to right listener mail listener mail. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so who do who do we have one from there? Buddy?

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<v Speaker 1>This week we have um one from one Coral Clark

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<v Speaker 1>from San Jose, California's Great Need. And this we've already

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<v Speaker 1>talked about the jelly bean thing ad nauseam, the booger

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<v Speaker 1>flavored beans. Hopefully this one will put it to rest,

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<v Speaker 1>because this is sort of a correction upon a correction

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<v Speaker 1>that we've already done. So in one of our podcasts

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about booger flavor jelly beans. Josh doubted I

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<v Speaker 1>had had them, and no, they weren't just real boogers

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<v Speaker 1>that I've had, and someone confirmed. But now Coral writes

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<v Speaker 1>in and says back to booger flavor jelly beans jellybellies.

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<v Speaker 1>While it is true that the trade name Jellybelly does

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<v Speaker 1>not market these unusually flavored sweets, the company that manufactures

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<v Speaker 1>them goalets is commissioned to make Bertie Potts Every Flavor

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<v Speaker 1>beans of Harry Potter fan which I know you mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>in our podcast. Uh while, when I tore the California factory,

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<v Speaker 1>they did confirm that they manufactured Bertie Potts Every Flavor

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<v Speaker 1>beans and their factories using the same process as for jellybellies,

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<v Speaker 1>except they did not always use all natural flavors, bringing

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<v Speaker 1>you flavors alike dirt, bacon, spaghetti, earwax, and vomit. I

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<v Speaker 1>could go for bacon or spaghetti. Yeah, but I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know why those would be gross. Well, I agree, but

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's a really little tiny capsules of bacon

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<v Speaker 1>and spaghetti that's kind of nights actually. Uh so uh.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes on to say, I think you also mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>bean boozled beans, where the black bean might be a

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<v Speaker 1>liquorice or a skunk spray flavor, and the company Gullets

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<v Speaker 1>produces those as well, So it's fantastic. Coral Clark, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Coral Clark, greatest name ever. Thank you very much for

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