A very large or very fat person, however, may have his vital organs much deeper, buried behind a larger frame or layers of body fat. Such a person won't be shut down right away by the same bullet because its maximum TSC doesn't reach his vital organs properly. If that very large or very fat man was your attacker, he could continue his aggression (be it shooting at you or coming at you with a knife or a tire iron) even AFTER you shot him with a bullet that would stop an average man. When an Expanding Bullet Does Not Expand Let's consider another significant "real world effect" on expanding bullet designs. This is that they don't always expand to form a significant TSC. 20 www.BulletproofDefenseDVD.com Remember that body tissue fluid does not compress. Body fluid must therefore enter the cavity of the "hollow point" bullet in order to expand the bullet and create the TSC. Sometimes, however, clothing will enter the cavity of the hollow point first, plugging it and preventing issue and fluids from entering.
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