(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . "I never thought I'd grow up and get a bullet in my leg," she said. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-26 Note: while most of the work I put out there is suitable for most age groups, this one contains some graphic descriptions of forensics and a few ear muff worthy words. Please keep this in mind if talking about this with children. And yes, I know I am supposed to be on a break. I get it. And I was. For four hours. Then nearly two dozen people were brutally murdered by yet another maniac with access to a weapon of war in Maine. Break paused due to rage. Thanks, -ROC Yesterday, Wednesday, October 25th, an unspeakable horror befell the good people of Lewiston, Maine when allegedly, 40 year-old Robert Card went on a vicious rampage killing at least 18 human beings and wounding an estimated 13 others. It is only today we have more specificity. In this case, a person with one gun was able to create so much carnage, that for a while, the count was in doubt. That is a war-like situation, where we can only rely on estimates of casualties, due to the sheer volume of damage and inability to identify victims. This next part, might be hard to read, so if you find yourself somewhat averse to graphic descriptions, scroll down past the arrow to the heart and avoid the next section. For those of you wanting to explore further, what I want to highlight is this: Pieces of human beings take time to reassemble, and identify. In other words, we often can’t immediately know the amount of victims when a gun designed for warfare is unleashed on an unsuspecting public. We can’t know, because in some cases the bodies have been so thoroughly eviscerated that the scene is just a pool of human tissue. In these situations, we have to rely on modern forensics such as dental records, in combination with missing persons reports. Growing up, most of us probably watched cowboy films where bad guys took bullets and dramatically acted out their character’s last moments, with perhaps, a smudge of blood prop. That is not the world that is destroyed by an AR-15. That gun is a tree shredder with gunpowder. It is a literal cheese grater with human flesh in place of the cheese. (I told you this would be graphic.) I don’t know what else to do but throw in a quote from a Coroner in Uvalde, TX. Eulalio "Lalo" Diaz, Jr. isn't always on call, but it was his turn to be at the helm as Uvalde's Justice of the Peace on the day a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in the deadliest school shooting in state history. The county is so small that the justice on call also acts as Uvalde's de facto coroner. The case was so grisly, and so unlike anything he'd ever had to face, that it required extra help from the Bexar County Medical Examiner in San Antonio. (Up until last Tuesday, Diaz said the incident with the most casualties that he had ever dealt with was when an 18-wheeler hit and killed a family of four a few years ago). Diaz did not describe the scene in detail. Instead, he said, "It's something you never want to see and it's something you don't, you cannot, prepare for. It's a picture that's going to stay in my head forever, and that's where I'd like for it to stay." The AR-15, or “Armalite Rifle” is well-known for its propensity to shatter flesh and bone. In some cases, the damage it can leave behind is compared to a grenade going off from within the body. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/26/2201742/--I-never-thought-I-d-grow-up-and-get-a-bullet-in-my-leg-she-said?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/