I'm having second thoughts about my LCP after reading this...

[Fatman]

Not really, but glad the lady's alive.   

Miss. woman gets shot in head, but makes tea
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Writer Jay Reeves, Associated Press Writer 53 mins ago

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday. Tammy Sexton, 47, remained hospitalized three days after being wounded by her husband, who killed himself after he shot his wife. A bullet struck her squarely in the forehead, passed through her skull and exited through the back of her head, authorities said. She is expected to fully recover.

"There's no way she should be alive other than a miracle from God," said Sheriff Mike Byrd of Jackson County, Miss.

Byrd said deputies were looking for Sexton's husband, Donald Ray Sexton, earlier in the week to give him a document ordering him to stay away from his wife. Court records show he was put on probation for six months on April 9 for domestic violence.

He showed up at their home in rural Jackson County in Southeast Mississippi about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday and confronted his wife as a relative ran next door to call police, the sheriff said.

"She was at her bed, and he shot her right in the head," Byrd said. "Then he went out on the back porch and shot himself."

A deputy was greeted by the woman when he arrived minutes after she was shot with the slug from a .380-caliber handgun.

"When the officer got there she said, `What's going on?' She was holding a rag on her head and talking. She was conscious, but she was confused about what had happened," he said. "She had made herself some tea and offered the officer something to drink."

Byrd said the bullet apparently passed through the lobes of the woman's brain without causing major damage. She was rushed to a Mobile hospital by a helicopter.

While such cases may be rare, a neurosurgeon who wasn't involved in Sexton's case said such an outcome is possible. Medical journals also confirm people have been shot in the head with little or no lasting injury.

"There is a space in the brain where a missile could pass without doing any major damage. Is it possible? Yes. It would be rare," said Dr. Patrick Pritchard, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

The sheriff called the case bizarre.

"You just don't hear of something like this. Somebody gets shot in the head and they're dead," Byrd said.

[Green Mountain Gringo]

I love a happy ending.

[Big Frank]

It's a good thing it didn't hit any vital organs.

[twyacht]

"There's no way she should be alive other than a miracle from God," said Sheriff Mike Byrd of Jackson County, Miss.

I think this qualifies.

Medically, we have seen the news reports of nails, arrows, and other objects enter the skull and penetrate brain tissue, with little or no "lethal" result.

Check out these x-ray photos.

http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2008/05/unusual_penetrating_brain_injuries.php

This women was very lucky, and it seems the husband wasn't.

[fightingquaker13]

At least it killed the bad guy, right?
FQ13 who shakes head.

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[1776 Rebel]

The current 380 craze is just more of marketing from the manufacturers. If you want to trust your life to a round that has been thought of for the last 70 years as marginal then go ahead. But IMHO to be carrying something so underpowered is just plain crazy.

[Timothy]

The .45 ACP!  "When you care enough to bring the very, very best!"

She's darn lucky to making tea and nice enough to offer a beverage to her LEO...

[Timothy]

Question:

If the velocity of a .380 from a 4" barrel is 940 fps and ME is 190ft/lb, what affect does the shortened 2-3/4" barrel from an LCP have on these numbers?  Seems pitiful to start with and can only get worse...

Not trivia, someone please answer...

[THE CORONER]

Good to hear the lady is going to be okay. 

On the comment of the .380 being underpowered....This lady's life was obviously spared by God.  Otherwise, she would have lost her life to the same size bullet as the shooter.  Right?  How many shots did it take for him to kill himself?  One.
The LCP is a "close quarter combat" pistol by design anyways.  Underpowered?  I think not!  I will have emptied my six shot magazine, before the bad guy hits the ground.  If at that point, he/she is not seconds from death, then I guess I'll retreat to reload?  Either way, the attacker is not going to be in any shape at this point, to put up much more of a fight.  IMO.

[twyacht]

The LCP is a "close quarter combat" pistol by design anyways.  Underpowered?  I think not!  I will have emptied my six shot magazine, before the bad guy hits the ground. If at that point, he/she is not seconds from death, then I guess I'll retreat to reload?  Either way, the attacker is not going to be in any shape at this point, to put up much more of a fight.  IMO.

+1 Coroner.

My Kel-Tec P3AT (like the LCP),  was NEVER designed for IDPA matches,  it's the up close "little" pistol to defend one's self. .380 bullet technology has improved drastically.

Accurate hits with a Cor-Bon, or Speer or another name brand round will change the entire critical dynamic, (thanks Rob P.).