You guys say lets debate, but as soon as someone with inkling of related expertise shows up to the party, you clam up...

The NIST report, which someone claimed had no physics in it..., can be found here

http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/reports_june05.htm

as you can see if you download the pdf it actually does contain physics and hard data. If you get confused by the math let me know and I will help you.

This is very nicely done. And ladybug, I think this point blank answers all of your questions.

http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm

Damn, I am good. That's what a Ph.D. gets you these days, I guess. The ability to look it up.

rough translation from Reddit:

Voice over: The tragedy took place in central Yangon. Civilians retreating from the security forces. As the camera panned to the left, Mr. Nagai gets shot.

Man: This is the Tokyo Shinbun from this morning. It has a photo from Reuters. Judging from his appearance and situation, the man lying there is Mr. Nagai. The caption says, man trying to capture photo as he falls. This appears to have been Mr. Nagai.

We'll take a look at the footage again, but despite earlier reports that he had been caught by a wandering bullet, there doesn't seem to be any way that this is the case.

Woman: It appears that he was shot point blank.

Voice over: <same thing as opening>.

Mr. Nagai falls there and, seemingly to appeal for help, waves his spasming arms. In that hand was a camera. Wearing short sleeves and short pants. We cannot discern from this footage whether he was wearing an armband or helmet to show that he was a member of the press.

The man who shot him was a soldier in uniform. The footage shows that he stopped running and shot Mr. Nagai at point blank range. Then, after shooting him, goes on to fire at others around him.

2 minutes later the camera caught Mr. Nagai again. Still on the ground, he doesn't move. Autopsy showed that the bullet penetrated his heart.

Mr. Nagai was with news production APF Communications. This clip shows him on a Fuji TV show 6 years ago.

Mr. Nagai: We seem to get many Taliban communications on the radio.

@ Studio: The most striking thing was the juvenile (underaged) soldiers.

Voice over: The veteran journalist who has covered war zones in Afghanistan and Palestine has lost his life.

Fear not! For Ironhide has returned!

In reply to your comment:
“I think everybody is missing the point.
Seeing Ironhide die like a dog at point blank range was fully traumatizing for me as a child.

Sure, I went out and bought the new toys but IT IS STILL REAL TO ME, D*MN IT!”

I think everybody is missing the point.
Seeing Ironhide die like a dog at point blank range was fully traumatizing for me as a child.

Sure, I went out and bought the new toys but IT IS STILL REAL TO ME, D*MN IT!

SOLD! .50 Cal at point blank... Dang. Change the music tone and this could be a horror movie trailer.

wiki:

"The programme was initially condemned by senior British police officers, apparently fearful of copycat acts. However, when the filming location was revealed to be Jersey,[1] many accused Brown of perpetrating a hoax. Several days later the Jersey police said they had been consulted about the programme in advance, and revealed: "There was no live ammunition involved and at no time was anyone at risk."[1]On the other hand, as demonstrated earlier in the programme, firing a blank cartridge at point-blank range can still be extremely dangerous or even fatal.

Brown himself defended the programme, saying, "It probably sounds odd. But as a magic-related performer to have that even being asked: Was it real? Was it not real? That lifts it to a level that I'm very comfortable with. What's left is the fact that it was a terrific piece of television.""

That could be a cool weapon. Stab them in the gut and fire a round at the same time, point blank. Nice.

The Battle of Algiers (in Italian, La Battaglia di Algeri) is a 1966 black-and-white film by Gillo Pontecorvo based on the Algerian War of Independence from 1954 until 1962 against the French occupation. The film has been critically acclaimed for it's realistic and evenhanded portrayal of both sides of the conflict. It remains as one of the best cinematic discourses on struggles for independence.

In 2003, the film again made the news after the US Directorate for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict at The Pentagon offered a screening of the film on August 27, regarding it as a useful illustration of the problems faced in Iraq. A flyer for the screening read:

"How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range. Women plant bombs in cafes. Soon the entire Arab population builds to a mad fervor. Sound familiar? The French have a plan. It succeeds tactically, but fails strategically. To understand why, come to a rare showing of this film."

According to the Defense Department official in charge of the screening, "Showing the film offers historical insight into the conduct of French operations in Algeria, and was intended to prompt informative discussion of the challenges faced by the French." The 2003 screening lent new currency to the film, coming only months after U.S. President George W. Bush's May 1, 2003 "Mission Accomplished" speech proclaiming the end of "major hostilities" in Iraq. Opponents of President Bush cited the Pentagon screening as proof of a growing concern within the Defense Department about the growth of an Iraqi insurgency belying Bush's triumphalism. One year later, the media's revelations regarding the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal lead critics of the war to compare French torture in the film and "aggressive interrogation" of prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison.

Journalist: M. Ben M'Hidi, don't you think it's a bit cowardly to use women's baskets and handbags to carry explosive devices that kill so many innocent people?

Ben M'Hidi: And doesn't it seem to you even more cowardly to drop napalm bombs on defenseless villages, so that there are a thousand times more innocent victims? Of course, if we had your airplanes it would be a lot easier for us. Give us your bombers, and you can have our baskets.

Journalist: The law's often inconvenient, Colonel.

Col. Mathieu: And those who explode bombs in public places, do they respect the law perhaps? When you put that question to Ben M'Hidi, remember what he said? We aren't madmen or sadists, gentlemen. Those who call us Fascists today, forget the contribution that many of us made to the Resistance. Those who call us Nazis, don't know that among us there are survivors of Dachau and Buchenwald. We are soldiers and our only duty is to win. Should we remain in Algeria? If you answer "yes," then you must accept all the necessary consequences.

In 1988 or so, I shot my friend point blank with a paint ball in the stomach and he definitely was hurt and proceeded to kick my ass.

Grosse Pointe Blank used this too - loved it then, perhaps even more.