Why does a gunshot to the head cause immediate death?

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This sounds very obvious, I know. I assume it doesn’t immediately stop the heart, and people can still survive even while being “brain dead”. So what exactly happens in the body to cause immediate death once a bullet enters the brain?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Not sure if anyone has mentioned already but you also have your control centers for respiration in your brainstem. So if that gets damaged your odds of survival are extremely low.

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