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Originally Posted by willravel
That was what I meant. Still, if you hit the heart or aorta, even the strongest or most meth'd up criminal won't be a threat. There is instant, gushing bleeding which means that the muscles—and more importantly the brain—lose oxygen and nutrients very quickly, not to mention the pain. It's difficult for me to imagine someone taking two slugs in the heart and still needing to have a bullet in the brain.
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If, after two shots to center of mass, someone is still a threat, the chance that another CoM shot will stop them is dangerously low and you're approaching the end of the very short time frame in which you can take another aimed shot without being attacked. If someone is drugged up or has such an adrenaline rush that two in the chest won't stop them, the only thing that will is sudden, catastrophic cessation of brain activity.
You're right that a shot to the head is going to land you in court (at least in front of a grand jury,) there was a case in Hawaii a few years ago in which a man shot three armed attackers who had made it clear that he and his wife were not walking away alive. They advanced at him one at a time, each one pointing a gun at him and giving him no chance to run, although he stalled the first one long enough that his wife was able to get to safety and call 911. By the time the cops got there, he was sitting on the sidewalk, in shock, with his gun at his feet and three dead gangsters between him and the van they had tried to jump him from. The DA argued that the three head shots he had taken when each attacker took two shots to the chest without stopping were unnecessary. $18,000 in legal fees later with several expert witnesses testifying on his behalf, the jury was convinced that he really had no choice but to take those three shots.
I like Washington State's self defense law: If you kill someone in self-defense, are put on trial, and found innocent, the state will reimburse you for legal fees and time wasted.