Bullet tumble as possible explanation
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Hi Candace Owens people, I'm new, writing from Poland

I was quite good at physics in high school and am also interested in guns but more theoretically, so I want to give you some of my thinking.
Most people don't know it, but pointed type rifle bullets do tumble in tissue and it's a common phenomenon in so-called wound ballistics. This usually requires impact velocity to be on high side, but one thing we surely know is that Charles was shot at close range. Tumbling behaviour depends on a few more factors, but I'll leave it at that.
Let's assume that the bullet struck Charles in his left collarbone - this is actually highly likely. If so, odds are that the impact on the bone was more or less eccentric - not straight on, but slightly shifted up or down. What would happen then - bullet tumble would be induced immediately, very violently. Why is it so - pointed type bullets have their center of mass located more to the back as their frontend is thin, so any sideways strike to the tip will cause such a bullet to yaw and then immediately tumble, as they are "directionally unstable" and are only stabilised by lengthwise rotation enforced by rifling.
So, the bullet strikes a bone, crushes it but is sent by the eccentric impact into a violent tumble when flying through the soft tissue after the bone.
The bullet is still supersonic, and when it flies sideways, it is very violently decelerated - its kinetic energy is dissipated into the tissue by a shockwave. There is tremendous shock going in all directions in the tissue. It is a normal well-known phenomenon, but here as a result of eccentric impact on the bone it is greatly accelerated.
What happens in the end in this discussed scenario - the bullet does not complete the tumble as the neck is too thin for this, but instead strikes the spinal column flying sideways, crushes one or two vertebrae, severs the spinal cord (
) and comes to rest against the skin instead of exiting - its energy is spent.
Look - I am not saying this is what happened, I'm only giving you a scenario to ponder. Human body cannot stop a full power rifle bullet if it pierces the body straight-on, but military style pointed bullets easily tumble on impact (even if no bone strike is involved - soft tissue will do). This is why military rifles are so deadly - their bullets do not just make holes in people, they deliver a tremendous trauma by tumbling (and also fragmenting which is another typical thing).
You may think that the scenario here is outlandish but it isn't - human body has a lot of bones. The collarbone which is a suspect here is a strong one. Eccentric strikes are much more likely then head-on ones. Bullet tumble is perhaps the biggest thing causing large exit wounds - if the bullet exits your body sideways, imagine the hole. Spinal column is not just a stack of bones - it is supported and kept in place by strong, elastic muscles from all sides.
And in the end - I saw a clip on the web showing Charlie Kirk getting shot - looking from right and slightly back. At the moment of impact his white shirt covering the top of his back suddenly bulged - a small bulge but quite "protruding", which then immediately disappeared. I believe this is exactly where the bullet came to rest.
Charlie Kirk died the death of a soldier, like a Christian soldier whom he was. They should have played Battle Hymn of the Republic for him during his funeral, I only wonder if they did. I never knew him, I'm on a different continent. Salute.
Club Candace
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