In this chapter, Roach discusses how cadavers are used to test different weapons. After an experiment where different guns were used to shoot cadavers, Roach tells the story of Captain Louis La Garde. Garde believed that stopping someone instead of killing them was better. The psychological theory was also presented in this chapter. This theory suggests that people who know they have been shot act more accordingly. Opposing the psychological theory, the neurological overload is also believed to be the reason for the stopping affect some people get after being shot at or harmed. Pigs are used for this research because pigs have very similar organ structure. Scientists shoot the pigs until they stop moving and record chemical levels in their
