Subject: Air gun injury
Subject: Deadly aftermath
Subject: Law control
Year: 2013
Type: Article
Title: Air gun injury with deadly aftermath – Case report
Author: Stankov, Aleksandar
Author: Jakjovski, Zlatko
Author: Pavlovski, Goran
Author: Muric, Nedzat
Author: Dwork, Andrew J.
Author: Chakar, Zdravko
Abstract: In Republic of Macedonia the use of air guns is quite widespread. They are used mainly for target practice. They are regulated by the Law of Arms, where they are defined as pneumatic weapons. There is no legal limit on type or quantity of ammunition that one may possess. Our Institute performs at least 90% of the forensic autopsies in Macedonia. In this report we describe the only fatality by pneumatic weapon to come to our attention over the past 10 years. A 6-year-old girl was accidentally wounded by her brother when he and his father were trying a new air gun, a 4.5 mm single shot, break barrel, spring piston air rifle manufactured in China under the brand ‘‘Westlake’’. She died within minutes. Autopsy showed cardiac tamponade due to penetration of the aorta. A 0.5 g metal projectile, 4.5 mm in diameter, with a pointed, conical shape, was recovered from the pericardial sac.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Relation: Legal Medicine
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/28204
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/28204Identifier: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.08.004
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