Why does a headshot usually mean immediate “turn off” for the brain?
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People do survive gunshots to the head. It is more likely to die but not certain.
Those shot in the head don’t actually have an immediate lights out moment, at least not always. That is a Hollywood trope.
In reality, bullets do massive amounts of damage and modern bullets are specifically designed to destroy soft squishy bits. The reason they are built this way is to make them more lethal and to make it less likely they go out the back of your target and hit someone else.
Since they do maybe damage to the brain, and the brain is where your thinking happens, it becomes very difficult to carry on thinking normally after being shot.
One thing that prevents brain damage is the fact that the skull is very hard and thick. A shot to the head can easily hit the skull and be deflected so that it only damages the skin and not the brain itself.
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