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I've got a file of news clippings of people shot with birdshot at room length distances who survived just fine and continued to be functional. They include stories like:
90+ year old man shoots himself in abdomen at contact distance while cleaning. Decides to wrap it up and go to sleep. Wakes up and it is really hurting, so he goes to the hospital.
13yr old girl gets shot in the back of the head with 12ga #6 from across the patio. She survives by running away.
Bad guy gets shot in the face with #6 high brass from at across the room distance and is blinded in one eye. He kills the person who shot him and drives 2 hours to his hometown where he is persuaded to go to the hospital.
Those are the more memorable ones; but by no means all of them. Any projectile has to penetrate to physiologically stop someone. If it doesn't, you may still convince them to change their mind; but you need to have a realistic understanding that no firearm is a death ray or a guaranteed stop.
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