Injury potential of soft-air pistols
Nadjem, H.; Braunwarth, R.; Pollak, S.
Archiv für Kriminologie 213(1-2): 15-21
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9225 PMID: 15012039 Document Number: 569376
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.