WrongHanded
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I saw a short video (you can find it via a search of the title phrase on Google or YouTube), advocating doing just that in a close quarters defensive situation. But I'm not interested in talking about that video so much as the effect doing so could have on an attacker.
In numerous videos by Paul Harrell, where he shoots a "meat target", he references the ribs being shattered by the impact of various bullets. So clearly some bullets are capable of shattering some bones (though he uses ribs bought at the store). The Pelvic bone presents a rather large surface area from the front, and when including the lower spine and the tops of the Femurs, presents an even larger area. Now consider that the Pelvis is a critical part (some may consider it the chassis) of the skeletal system, and that it and the muscles surrounding it are also critical to foot travel (as in an attacker advancing upon an intended victim).
Does it seem to anyone else that the Pelvis is potentially quite a good target option in a self defense situation, where the goal of defensive firearms use is to stop the attack? I realise the situation changes depending on the circumstances (if the assailant also has a gun). But it occurs to me that whilst a Center-Of-Mass shot (or indeed several) may not stop an attacker from advancing if the Centeral Nervous System is not struck, a hit to the Pelvis could potentially cause enough mechanical damage as to disable the attacker.
Objectively, what do you think?
In numerous videos by Paul Harrell, where he shoots a "meat target", he references the ribs being shattered by the impact of various bullets. So clearly some bullets are capable of shattering some bones (though he uses ribs bought at the store). The Pelvic bone presents a rather large surface area from the front, and when including the lower spine and the tops of the Femurs, presents an even larger area. Now consider that the Pelvis is a critical part (some may consider it the chassis) of the skeletal system, and that it and the muscles surrounding it are also critical to foot travel (as in an attacker advancing upon an intended victim).
Does it seem to anyone else that the Pelvis is potentially quite a good target option in a self defense situation, where the goal of defensive firearms use is to stop the attack? I realise the situation changes depending on the circumstances (if the assailant also has a gun). But it occurs to me that whilst a Center-Of-Mass shot (or indeed several) may not stop an attacker from advancing if the Centeral Nervous System is not struck, a hit to the Pelvis could potentially cause enough mechanical damage as to disable the attacker.
Objectively, what do you think?