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- 3. What do you think about BB Guns or Pellet Guns? - Top
- In 1999, an estimated 14,313 cases with non-fatal BB/pellet gun injuries and an estimated 12,748 cases with non-fatal firearm related injuries among persons aged 19 years and younger were treated in US hospital emergency departments.
31% of injuries were self-inflicted, and 33% were caused by friends, acquaintances, or relatives. Data on 76% of the incidents indicated the type of injury: although most (66%) resulted from unintentional shootings, approximately 10% were assaults.
The most common sites of injury were the extremity/buttocks (39%), head and neck (33%), thorax (13%), and eye (8%). Serious injuries included intracranial hemorrhage, cardiac right ventricle laceration, hyphema, and abdominal visceral injury (liver laceration, pancreatic laceration, intestinal perforation).
Proponants of BB Guns and guns in general will say that with proper supervision these non-powder firearms can be used safely. Unfortunately they generally are poorly supervised. - Updated: June 5, 2010
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