Originally Posted by
RevolverRob
Well, I admit, it’s been a minute since I scooped an eye out and cut it open in anatomy class. But it’s still considerably more elastic than cardboard.
It’s also surrounded by a very dense bony socket. And a 12-gauge wad is about as large in diameter as a human eye. Making the likelihood of a direct impact on an eye, which is what it would take to damage the eye massively, would be virtual luck. I think it’s more likely that 1) the eye lid is closed. 2) the wad, doesn’t even get close to the face. 3) if it does, it will likely strike some portion of the nose/zygomatic and result in deflection of the was. Causing a fairly superficial laceration, maybe requiring a few stitches and an eye patch for a few days.
This is an almost totally overblown issue guys.