From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

One is definetely NOT sufficient unless its a brain stem shot.

I shot a possum in the head with a little .25 and it twitched for a good
minute before giving up.

Do you want someone thrashing and twitching around a detonator?

"Geo"  wrote in message
news:42e3c427$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 5 shots to the head point blank? One is sufficient, two is to be sure,
three
> if the adrenalin is pumping too much, 4 and 5 I can't come up with reasons
> for.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
> news:42e3325e$4{at}w3.nls.net...
> > The idea is to cancel them quick lest they trigger a bomb.  This twit
> didn't
> > have a bomb of course, but that's the idea.
> >
> > A police sniper looking to cancel a hostage holder will always go for a
> > brain stem shot to cut all motor activity.

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