# Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 18, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-zimmerman-humble-opinions-and-speculation-thread/619125 "2012-04-18T04:41:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-zimmerman-humble-opinions-and-speculation-thread/619125/4690 "2012-08-01T22:48:11Z")

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> [@Shot through the heart, is death instantaneous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shot-through-the-heart-is-death-instantaneous/531511/3):
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> The brain has about 4 minutes of oxygen, so no, a heart shot isn’t instant death\*. In fact, depending where the heart is injured, it’s remotely possible to survive. That would only be if sophicated medical care was immediately at hand.
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> \*I have sad personal knowledge of this. My grandfather shot himself in the heart. I was the first to reach him. He was able to say my name before he died.

This post was made two years ago – before the Zimmerman shooting happened. In other words, the poster has no motive to support either Zimmerman or Martin.

Is the poster lying?

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