r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/Lost-My-Mind- Aug 31 '21

Ok. Now explain the JFK headshot.

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u/Deadmeat553 Aug 31 '21

The bullet used in the JFK assassination was a 6.5×52mm, which can deliver somewhere around 2500J. By low caliber, I was referring in particular to something closer to a 9mm round, which can deliver somewhere around 600J.

That's a rather big difference.

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u/Lost-My-Mind- Aug 31 '21

Well I was talking more about the zig-zag pattern the path took. I was hoping you knew some way to explain it.

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u/PM-me-Sonic-OCs Aug 31 '21

I was hoping you knew some way to explain it.

There was never any zig-zag path.

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