Citation

Nadjem H, Braunwarth R, Pollak S. Arch. Kriminol. 2004; 213(1-2): 15-21.

Vernacular Title

Zum Verletzungspotential von Softair-Pistolen.

Affiliation

Institut fur Rechtsmedizin der Universitat Freiburg, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15012039

Abstract

Report on a case in which an 8-year-old girl was injured on the left anterior thoracic wall by two shots fired by her 14-year-old cousin from a soft-air pistol (replica of mod. 17 make Glock, cal. 6 mm, solid plastic bullets); the projectiles caused two skin lesions, both reaching into the subcutis. The results of our own shooting tests with 2 different soft-air pistols and the injuries seen in our case confirm that soft-air pistols may cause penetrating soft-tissue injuries when fired from a short distance.