Real Life Even More Horrific Than a Dalton Trumbo Novel 2.02K Hamilton Nolan 02/04/10 12:14PM Filed to: Science Science Brains Terror horrible things Johnny got his gun Death A new study shows that rare patients in a "vegetative state" may still be conscious and thinking, although trapped in a totally immobile, unresponsive body. So, anyone could be living out the plot of Johnny Got His Gun. Thanks, god.