I've looked after around 20 gunshot victims. Most of who were shot in the abdomin. That requires, no matter where in the abdomin they were shot, an exploritory laporotomy. Most need a stoma because of damage to the intestines. You CAN'T get shot in the abdomin and have it miss everything but your skin layer, you just can not. Still, should that have happened, I'm chuffed for him.