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Re:President Obama Wears Bullet-Resistant Suit at Inaugural by likpok on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @10:27PM (#444294)
For all of Hollywood and video games' obsession with head shots, the head is very hard to hit. From what I know, most training is to shoot at the chest, the biggest, most dependable target.
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Re:President Obama Wears Bullet-Resistant Suit at Inaugural by frisco on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @10:36PM (#444305)
2 of the 4 presidential assassinations have been head shots, including one from range on a moving target.
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Re:President Obama Wears Bullet-Resistant Suit at Inaugural by martey on Thursday January 22, 2009 @12:40AM (#444412)
With the exception of JFK (the "one from range on a moving target"), all of the other successful assassins used pistols at close range. This made it far easier for them to actually hit the head of their target.
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