REALITY vs THEORY
ONE of the hottest topics in defensive shooting is ‘stopping power’ and how it should be defined. One side of the story that is seldom heard is what happens to people who have actually been shot.
During my uniformed career of 18 years (with deployments into quite a few African countries), I have been treated four times for gunshot wounds. The first was a 9mm handgun bullet in my left shoulder (only muscles were hit), then two handgun shots into my lower abdomen. These bullets are still there after more than 30 years (see photo). The last was a rifle bullet that ricocheted from a vehicle and
