It turns out that the brain is super duper important for controlling thoughts as well as controlling the rest of the body. If a bullet damages any one part too much, that part ceases to function. The person might be gone, or the person’s critical body function might not work.
Additionally, brain damage in general knocks people out. So someone going down might not mean they’re dead yet, merely knocked unconscious.…but when combined with the brain’s blood supply, they could easily bleed out before waking up.
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