Even blanks will kill at short range.
Brandon Lee can attest to that fact.
Jon-Erik Hexum found that out the hard way. RIP.
“Even blanks will kill at short range.”
Oddly you are very correct. A blank fired at you from a couple of feet is like fist from Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was young, but will not kill you. A blank fired against the skull ( we are talking tens of thousands of pounds per square inch bore pressure) will drive broken skull fragments into to your brain. You die instantly. It is painless but a definite contender for a Darwin Award.
Comes to mind actor Jon-Erik Hexum who shot himself in the head with a prop gun with a ‘blank’ cartridge wadding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum
Where did you see that the gun was loaded with blanks, or did you only read the headline?
Jon Erik Hexum found out.