Yes I’m American and yes they’re pretty common I’d estimate I personally care for at least 1-2 each month

Oh boy! ER Nurse at a busy urban trauma center

The one I’ll never forget was self inflicted GSW to head. He pulled the trigger with the gun pointed to his temple. Bullet somehow immediately took a turn downward and exited through his jaw on his opposite side.

Came in by EMS alert and neuro totally intact. I heard he even walked out of the hospital on his own when he was discharged