Aye, it doesn’t really feel relevant. He was injured as a result of gunfire.

Just keep it in a mason jar or similar, anything airtight

While this is undoubtedly true, I think OPs post misses the point for a more depressing reason, people generally believe what they’re told to believe, thinking about things is hard and most people are exhausted.

Sounds like a drone dropping an energy weapon on a shield users head would do the trick then.