Citation

Faller-Marquardt M, Braunwarth R. Arch. Kriminol. 2004; 213(3-4): 76-83.

Vernacular Title

Suizidaler Mundschuss mit Gummischrot.

Affiliation

Institut fur Rechtsmedizin der Universitat Freiburg/Br.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15137628

Abstract

The purpose of weapons designed for self-defence and their ammunition is to allow effective defence without causing serious injury provided that the recommended minimum firing distance is observed. However, close-range and contact shots to vulnerable body regions may cause severe or even fatal injuries. The authors report on a suicide who fired a fatal shot in his mouth with a weapon for self-defence. The weapon used was a double-barrelled SAPL break-action gun, mod. GC 54, from which a Mini Gomm-Cogne, cal. 12/50 rubber shot shell was fired. The wound findings and ballistic characteristics of the weapon are presented and discussed.