As Odd Job stated, the trajectory really tells the story, not just the external shot placement. It would be a great advancement in the world of wound ballistics if the majority of GSWs could have a 64 slice CT scan with 3-D reconstructions to facilitate trajectory mapping. This is my issue with the FBI ballistics lab. Other scandinavian countries are using information from:
-animal testing (live tisue ballistic hits)
- computer modeling
- autopsy data
- surgical/trauma surgeon records
- scene/gun/officer/witness information
- gel tests
They take all of this information for a type of ammunition and let it tell a story. We are trapped in antiquity with the current FBI lab method of wound ballistic "science", actually, pseudo-science in the world of scientific analysis.
Odd job, we need to change the world of american wound ballistics, up for some fun?? This is the genesis of the LeMas controversy: inadequate testing by the 'authorities' on wound ballistics of this type of ammo. Gel does not equal wound ballistics...it is merely a piece of information and far from the entire scope of information.
Back to the case at hand. Odd job, I'll see if the operative surgeon will share more information with me about the particulars of the case in the operating room.
Like I have posted, the LeMas ammo will cause significant injury adjacent to the primary trajectory (permanent cavity and somewhat of the temporary cavity of other bullet types) and has the 'potential' to cause a more severe injury as compared to other commercially available ammo.
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