Hookers and Hollow-points...

If you're like me you've wondered why, in old cowboy movies, guys could take a dozen rounds from a .44 and live. The answer is simple: Those weren't hollow-points.

This is the problem. This is a semi-jacketed hollow-point, typically found in pistols on the hips of cops. That center projection is to improve penetration. As you can see, on impact, that copper jacket peels back to become a razor-sharp, jagged bundle of metal. The lead core flattens and spreads out, maximizing damage.

This is called Hydra-Shock ammo. This is a reference to hydrostatic shock - the transference of energy through the water that makes up most of a human body. Cell walls are shredded, ruptured, and the damage spreads out much farther than the actual impact area of the projectile. It's also called stopping power, because people stop when one of these hits them. They stop for a long time. A wound from one of these will never heal properly. Depending on the range, a hollow-point will either lodge in the body, leaving scattered and irretrievable fragments, or blow all the way through, leaving a fist-sized hole coming out. Either way, no one hit by one of these will ever be the same again.

Someone sat down and designed this. They said "Bullets just don't kill effectively enough," and thought of ways to make bullets meaner. Then they sold these to Officer Friendly. Officer Friendly has been trained since day one on the force to think everyone that's not a cop is a potential cop-killer. "Protect and Serve" is just PR. They see it as Us and Them. Officer Friendly loves hollow-points.

Hookers...

I envy those of you that have that filter, that "I don't want to think about that" filter, that allows you to hear the screams of all the cattle ahead of you, and the splashes as their guts hit the kill-floor, and tell yourselves it's the wind. I wish I had that. Those of you that don't have that filter, welcome aboard. Don't be tempted by madness or depression. There's work to be done.

If you're wondering why I mention hookers, I get more hits that way. Sad but true.