The lack of gun knowledge really showed in this chap. The pocket guns 2m comment suggest that the author is assuming all handguns of those size are the 19th century type with shit effective range and only one or two round capacity, and is unaware of micro 9s which are quite common. Then there is the blank. Even if it doesn't fire an actual bullet a blank at close range still does considerable dmg. The son of bruce lee was killed while filming a movie when a blank was used for a headshot. She would have been wounded and if it was right up against her skin it could of done enough damage to her heart to kill.