@article{ref1,
title="Self-inflicted firearm discharge from heating using a gas burner",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2016",
author="Osawa, Motoki and Matsushima, Yutaka and Kumar, Alok and Tsuboi, Akio and Kakimoto, Yu and Satoh, Fumiko",
volume="61",
number="3",
pages="845-847",
abstract="A male in his 70s was found lying dead in the living room of his house. A gunshot entrance wound was observed in the left orbit, with a lead slug and wadding left in the skull, which exhibited fatal cranio-cerebral trauma. A cartridge had been discharged from a handmade launcher, or zip gun, that had been fixed to a spare gun barrel on a pipe chair, by heating the launcher from the side using a gas burner. The deceased had owned guns for hunting in the past and had returned the license, but he had retained a spare barrel and live cartridges at home. In this unique case of suicide, a zip gun was discharged by heating with a gas burner.<br><br>© 2016 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/1556-4029.13051",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13051"
}