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Note. A Beretta 380 was

CoolhandLukeCoolhandLuke Member Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭
edited April 2014 in General Discussion
Infamously used in the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the world famous peace activist and the leader of Indian Independence Movement. I thought it was interesting to know.

In the movie Gandhi the assassin shoots him with what looks be to a S&W revolver.
We have to fight so we can run away.
Capt. Jack Sparrow.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He got shot 3 times in the chest with a M1934 Beretta

    300px-Beretta_Model_1934_Pistol.jpg
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A lot of people have been killed with those underpowered .32s and .380s. Maybe people are tougher these days, eh?
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fideau
    A lot of people have been killed with those underpowered .32s and .380s. Maybe people are tougher these days, eh?


    I don't know about tougher but Ghandi was about 90 pounds soaking wet and I bet his chest was maybe 8 inches thick, front to back. Those 380's probably passed right through his skinny *.[:D]
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sam06
    quote:Originally posted by fideau
    A lot of people have been killed with those underpowered .32s and .380s. Maybe people are tougher these days, eh?


    I don't know about tougher but Ghandi was about 90 pounds soaking wet and I bet his chest was maybe 8 inches thick, front to back. Those 380's probably passed right through his skinny *.[:D]

    Quite true I'm sure.[:)]
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  • jwhardingjwharding Member Posts: 2,897 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Skinny or not shoot someone with a little 380 and they will damm sure leave you alone. JMHO
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fideau
    A lot of people have been killed with those underpowered .32s and .380s. Maybe people are tougher these days, eh?




    huge difference between dieing and stopping a threat, a person can take a liver shot with a .25acp and die 2 days later, after they killed the person who shot them
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,375 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I worked with a fellow years ago John was my trainer on the construction site he was a heavy guy on a med frame , we were talking about guns and so on , any way he showed me where a fellow at a bar emptied a 25 auto into his chest , Of course I was not there but he told me was still abbe to take the gun and fight before they took him to the hospital , he had what looked like 5 or 6 scars where the bullets went in ,
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by fideau
    A lot of people have been killed with those underpowered .32s and .380s. Maybe people are tougher these days, eh?




    huge difference between dieing and stopping a threat, a person can take a liver shot with a .25acp and die 2 days later, after they killed the person who shot them


    Ghandi didn't die right away. He went down and was moved to a house where he died a few minutes later. His last words were "Oh God".

    The guy that shot him was a hindu who was mad that Ghandi was showing partiality to Indian muslims. There was a lot of hatred between the Hindu's and muslims in India at that time and Ghandi was trying to unite them into one India......he failed or really did not get a chance because he was put down with the 380 and they still hate each other today, they have even fought 2 or 3 wars with each other.
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