Can shooting someone in the forehead from point blank range not kill him? I was reading Mathew Reilly's Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves. In the book, a guy is shot in the forehead, but miraculously he does not die because his forehead is that strong. Is it true, can a shot like that not kill?

!Gabrielle Giffords Source


Former Arizona Rep. **Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head on January 8, 2011. She survived.**

From **The New York Times** (January 14, 2011):

> Ms. Giffords needed surgery immediately. She had skull fractures, dead brain tissue that had to be removed, and increasing pressure from swelling that could further damage her brain as it expanded and pressed against her skull. In addition, her eye sockets had fractures.
>
> **The bullet had passed through her skull. Fortunately, it had not severed arteries or veins.**
> ...


!Giffords - 2012 Gabrielle Giffords on January 2012


**More:**

* Nature - Anatomy of a brain injury
* WebMD - Gabrielle Giffords' Brain Injury
* Scientific American - A Key Series of Events Helped Giffords Survive a Gunshot Wound to the Head