A .094 lead pellet fired from a 28 gauge shotgun from 30 yards hit his right side penetrated three layers of clothing skin and muscle slipped between ribs and the grissle holding them together then traveled a few more inches inside the ribcage through tissue to reach the heart. When tests have shown that the same load fired at the same distance would only penetrate a couple centimeters into a stark naked watermelon and would only penetrate one centimeter into a naked cornish game hen then bounced out after hitting bone.
That nasty bruise on his chin couldn't have been caused by the plastic wadding holding the shot charge together because anyone that has actually fired a shotgun knows that a wadding rarely travels more than a few yards distance because of the way it opens up to release the shot immedately after leaving the barrel and if it did somehow travel 30 yards the velocity would be so degraded that it would be almost impossible to cause a bruise like that because at that point it would be floating like that little birdie in a game of badminton.
Either it was a magic pellet and wad or someone is lying about the distance. I got good news and bad news. The bad news is that Mr. Whittington was involved in an unfortunate hunting accident. The good news is that Mr. Whittington is okay, badly bruised and full of little holes, but okay. The other good news (for Mr. Cheney) is that most people will just digest what ever they are told by their leaders and follow the media's misdirection while trying to debunk all their strawmen, and those that do look at the evidence and ask questions can be easily demonized and marginalized.
Welcome to the twilight zone Rocko9, Petrel, Bro Curtis and Aslanspal.
