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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I guess if you shoot someone through the eye 9/10 times they'll be dead especially since she fell unconscious as well straight away

Small-caliber gunshots to the head are non-fatal more often than you'd think really - though they often come with brain damage of one form or another obviously.

Really horrible situation in the US with people trying to unalive themselves with handguns only to not only fail to die, but actually wake up in hospital with a severe disability.

A shotgun on the other hand, will take someone's entire head off. So not much margin for error there.