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A stab wound to the lower right abdomen...

posted 9 years ago by terryperring104
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..and the bad guy is killed in 15 seconds? I don't think so. Maybe if it were more central or in the chest area. But no-even if it were a fatal stab wound he would have been kicking and fighting for minutes after that little puncture wound.
This happens far too often in movies now-and from decades ago.

[–] sharpnova 9 years ago

A stab wound to the gut usually kills instantly.

The reason is that the gut is actually what pumps your blood. The heart holds/processes food.

Common misconception.

That's why in movies when they get shot or stabbed in the gut they die more or less instantly. But in the heart they have time for a goodbye speech.

*beep* don't you know anything.