Aftermath of the Battle of Wagram

Usher, Alan; Webster, Jill

doi:10.1177/002580246400400406

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“…Physicians have long been aware of the ophthalmologic dangers of air weapons 7,14–22. Bowen in 1973 showed that out of 105 cases of eye injury due to air weapon, 43% of children had significant residual visual deficits and 20% of children with a globe rupture from an air weapon required removal of the eye 15.…”

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Homicide Using an Air Weapon

Mogni

Maines

2019

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine

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The debate over the lethality and ownership of modern, high-powered weapons has recently grabbed the headlines. High-velocity air weapons, advertised as starter guns for children, can cause lethal injuries despite non-lethal appearing wounds. Presented is a rare case of a modern, high-powered air weapon used in a homicide. A literature search yielded reports of only three previous murders by air weapon in the United States and only one involving injury to the thorax. In the current case, the killer used a diabolo pellet to penetrate the chest. The pathway tracked through the sternum, piercing the anterior pericardial sac and perforating the right ventricle, which led to a pericardial effusion. The pellet embolized to the left pulmonary artery and eventually the vasculature of the left lung. Cause of death was a penetrating gunshot wound of the chest most likely leading to cardiac tamponade. This case exemplifies several important characteristics of penetrating chest trauma from air guns: first, air rifles, with exit velocities up to 1200 feet per second, can kill and have been used in accidental deaths, homicides and suicides; secondly, diabolo pellets may embolize just as bullets can; and lastly, minor external damage may mask major internal destruction.

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Homicide Using an Air Weapon

Mogni

Maines

2019

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine

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“…Antique air rifles may occasionally be encountered and are not without their hazards. 1 Air weapons are often considered to be toys in the United Kingdom, partly because no firearms certificate is required for their possession. Air powered weapons, however, are not without their dangers, and in the United Kingdom there is approximately one fatal incident with an air powered weapon each year, as well as non-fatal injuries.…”

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Air weapon fatalities.

Milroy¹,

Clark²,

Carter³

et al. 1998

J Clin Pathol

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Aims-To describe characteristics of a series of people accidentally and deliberately killed by air powered weapons. Methods-Five cases of fatal airgun injury were identified by forensic pathologists and histopathologists. The circumstances surrounding the case, radiological examination, and pathological findings are described. The weapon characteristics are also reported. Results-Three of the victims were adult men, one was a 16 year old boy, and one an eight year old child. Four of the airguns were .22 air rifles, the other a .177 air rifle. Two committed suicide, one person shooting himself in the head, the other in the chest. In both cases the guns were fired at contact range. Three of the cases were classified as accidents: in two the pellet penetrated into the head and in one the chest. Conclusions-One person each year dies from an air powered weapon injury in the United Kingdom. In addition there is considerable morbidity from airgun injuries. Fatalities and injuries are most commonly accidents, but deliberately inflicted injuries occur. Airguns are dangerous weapons when inappropriately handled and should not be considered as toys. Children should not play with airguns unsupervised. (J Clin Pathol 1998;51:525-529)

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Aftermath of the Battle of Wagram

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Homicide Using an Air Weapon

Homicide Using an Air Weapon

Air weapon fatalities.

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