Philly concealed carrier prevails over armed robber

Echo40 said:

This confuses me because last I heard, you weren't allowed to carry a firearm in Philadelphia.

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I'm not allowed to carry in Philly, but PA residents with a concealed carry license are.

The last sentence doesn't make sense to me, because I thought that there was a federal law that allows current and retired LEO's to carry anywhere in the US.

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"A valid license to carry issued in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is valid in the City and County of Philadelphia. However, Philadelphia does not have reciprocity with any other jurisdictions regarding concealed carry or other gun registration. Any out of state licenses, special licenses out of the county, and certain licenses involving police officers are not valid in Philadelphia.

For example, police officers from New Jersey may not be able to carry their firearm across any of the Philadelphia bridges connecting the two states, because the lack of reciprocity opens up an officer to criminal prosecution. The only license that carries any weight is the license issued throughout the City and County of Philadelphia or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

SpeedBuggy said:

Shot in the head and still able to return fire? I wonder what caliber he was hit with...

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It could've been a grazing shot. The caliber isn't the issue so much as the angle of the bullet and what part of the head. I had a victim once who was shot in the head with a 9mm, and it glanced off his forehead. He got up and walked over to the ambulance and wanted to climb inside, but we had him get on the stretcher first and we put him in there. (policy) There are many documented examples of bullets of various calibers not penetrating the skull due to angle of the bullet, including up to 8mm mauser in WW two. I actually talked to the vet that this happened to. He said it fractured his skull but didn't penetrate, due to the angle. There was a case of a mobster back a hundred years ago of another mobster who shot at the back of his head 6 times with a 38, but all 6 shots did not penetrate. OTOH, I've seen the results of a .25 acp at a direct angle to the forehead. It penetrated the skull and the guy died.

Back in the day locally there was a local suicide where the guy had multiple gunshot wounds to the head and people said how could it be a suicide? Every time the guy started to pull the trigger he moved the position of the gun against his head, I guess afraid to actually kill himself. He eventually held it right and pulled the trigger and the round penetrated the skull.