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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It isn’t. People can survive devastating injuries and loss of brain tissue loss. This is only true in movies and games. The brain is not immediately dead in contact with a bullet.

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