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To: LindyBill who wrote (487377)	5/16/2012 7:11:09 PM
From: unclewest	17 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794298

Watch the reruns of the Medal of Honor presentation done today. It was magnificently outstanding. I have a military story for today. A little while ago I was with 21YO grandson and his 21YO wife discussing all kinds of things. Grandson still cannot drive due to vision loss. She has been searching daily for a job. She got called in for an interview for an executive assistant position about 10 days ago. She got called back for another interview. There she learned that 15 gals had been interviewed initially and 14 had BA degrees. She has one year of college and near 3 years in the army reserves. Day before yesterday she got a 3rd interview. Late yesterday she was hired. They told her they were impressed with her military service and job, and the job she had at a hospital previously. Starting salary $35k with full family benefits.

To: LindyBill who wrote (487377)	5/16/2012 8:33:08 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 794298

You are going to hear about near contact shootings. Here is the explanation. Determining the Distance of the Shooter from the VictimExamination of the gunshot wound can help determine many factors involved in the shooting, including the distance of the shooter from the victim. Gunshot wounds can be classified based on the range from the muzzle of the gun to the target. These classifications include contact, near-contact, intermediate, and distant wounds. A contact wound results when the muzzle is held against the body at the time of discharge, and can be further divided into hard, loose, angled, and incomplete contact wounds. In a hard-contact wound, the muzzle is held tightly against the skin. There is little external evidence that it is a contact wound, although if you inspect the entrance you will usually find searing and powder blackening of the immediate edge of the wound, while an autopsy will reveal particles of soot and unburnt powder in the wound track. In loose-contact wounds, the muzzle is held lightly against the skin, and the soot that is carried by the gas is deposited in a zone around the entrance, which can be wiped away. In an angled-contact wound, the barrel is held at an acute angle to the skin, and gas and soot radiate outwards from where the gun does not touch the skin. In an incomplete-contact wound, the barrel is held against the skin, but in a place where the skin is not completely flat. In this case, hot sooty gases escape the gap, leaving a long blackened and seared section of the skin, with scattered grains of powder. In near-contact wounds, the muzzle is not in contact with the skin, but is very close. In this case, the powder grains do not have a chance to disperse and leave a powder tattooing. The entrance wound is surrounded by a wide zone of powder soot, and seared, blackened skin. In intermediate-range wounds, the muzzle is held away from the skin but close enough that it still produces powder tattooing. This type of wound is also characterized by numerous reddish-brown to orange-red lesions around the entrance to the wound. Finally, distant gunshot wounds leave no marks other than those produced by the bullet perforating the skin.