Citation

Thalava R, Puttha R. Arch. Dis. Child. 2005; 90(4): 372.

Affiliation

Department of Paediatrics, St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SO17 7BJ, UK; radput3@yahoo.co.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/adc.2004.068353

PMID

15781926

PMCID

PMC1720372

Abstract

Air pistols are known to inflict potentially lethal injuries such as extensive brain damage, traumatic aneurysms, and penetrating injuries of the abdomen. There have been reported incidents of suicides and non-accidental injuries with air pistols. Shanon et al noted that 85% of the injuries, where the mode of injury was known, were self inflicted while playing with air guns.