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What does being shot feel like?

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2007-04-14 18:54:24
This question is for anyone who has ever actually been shot with a gun. I am a writer and I'm trying to ascertain, for my book, what it feels like to get shot. Not with a military grade weapon, but with a handgun, in the shoulder. Also, if you know, can a person use their arm and hand for awhile after that? How long do they have to spend in the hospital before they're discharged? Does the bullet always come out the other side or does it get lodged in there and have to be dug out? The antagonist shoots the protagonist with a Glock 19 9MM. Thank y'all for the help in advance. :)
Answered By: Kristy
I'm a RN in a Shock Trauma ER. Every GSW is different. What I have heard the most is that it feels like your on fire. The shoulder is tricky because there is a major artery that runs really close so it totally depends on where the bullet hits. Bullets do all sorts of things. They can be lodged and surgery can be done to remove it, they can be lodged and the Doc's might decide that it's not worth the risk of surgery and the patient can live normally with the bullet left inside. A bullet can be shot and have an exit wound right behind that point of impact or the bullet can travel. That is where it can get serious because it can travel absolutely anywhere in the body. A quick e-ray is done to see where the bullet is at to determine if it has hit an organ, there are alot of possibilities. Alot if GSW patients can actually go home within 24 hours depending on the situation. A Glock 9 is one of the more serious causing injuries. I don't know much about guns so I'm not sure why, I just know what I see. It depends on where in the shoulder. If you want more info you can email me at kristykellymail@yahoo.com. Good Luck
User: fateridder
I was shot twice with two hollow points in a drive by on the streets of Brooklyn , the only way I can describe it , it felt hot sort of like boiling water but not so hot , that's really all I remember because I woke up in the hospital
User: fraz
Ohh it hurts really really bad you know.
User: Homer
think about this. a chunk of metal shot out of a .357 into the flesh at over 1,000 fps. feeling the heat of it coming in as it rips the flesh. well now to technics, the heat is from the barrel and the gun powder as it's lit up to fire it. i think it's more of the friction against the air than the fire itself. if it stays in the body then it hurts and it burns. if it goes out, well there's just pain from the cuncousion and the ripping of it going through the flesh. ah, todays new technology. we've come a long way from sticks and stones.
User: Kristina
Hmmm, it hurts like hell, and it depends on where EXACTLY on your shoulder that you get hit. It could go right through you if it hits the skin above your shoulder blade or it could hit your bone and get lodged in but you have a FAT CHANCE of that happening. Okay, it starts off like you don't really feel anything because of impact. The there is a really painful hurt that you can't really explain and it goes all throughout your body. Think of it as stubbing your toe. The impact isn't too great but you feel the pain all through your foot for awile.It actually depends on how long you stay
User: cgiv76
Why don't you visit a hospital, and talk with a doctor.
User: Kris Kelly
I'm a RN in a Shock Trauma ER. Every GSW is different. What I have heard the most is that it feels like your on fire. The shoulder is tricky because there is a major artery that runs really close so it totally depends on where the bullet hits. Bullets do all sorts of things. They can be lodged and surgery can be done to remove it, they can be lodged and the Doc's might decide that it's not worth the risk of surgery and the patient can live normally with the bullet left inside. A bullet can be shot and have an exit wound right behind that point of impact or the bullet can travel. That is where it can get serious because it can travel absolutely anywhere in the body. A quick e-ray is done to see where the bullet is at to determine if it has hit an organ, there are alot of possibilities. Alot if GSW patients can actually go home within 24 hours depending on the situation. A Glock 9 is one of the more serious causing injuries. I don't know much about guns so I'm not sure why, I just know what I see. It depends on where in the shoulder. If you want more info you can email me at kristykellymail@yahoo.com. Good Luck
User: screamingradical
All answers were really good before mine. I have been shot twice. Both times by small caliber handguns. The first time by a little .25 automatic. I was wearing a heavy grade leather flight jacket for duty in Alaska. The bullet penetrated the jacket and basically lodged in my left bicep and burned like hell but did not mess up my ability to function. The second time was two rounds by a .22 in a wheel gun. First round grazed upper shoulder and felt like a brand did not break skin enough to really bleed. The second lodged in the shoulder blade and hurt really bad but again not incapacitating. Neither individuals will ever shoot at anyone again. Never piss off a man with a 12 ga in his hands. Number 4 buckshot has a pattern of about 3 feet in diameter at 25 feet and has 36 pellets.
User: Bad Samaritan
A glock 9mm will with a standard shell, will at close range leave an exit wound. If it goes into the bone, the pain will be excrutiating, especially if it shatters.
User: Gina
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User: pathfinder
Have you ever had an injection from the doctor, one of those using a heavy guage needle? Multiply that by a 100 times, and you have an idea of what being hit by a bullet feels like.

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