Introduction: Air guns are widely used for recreation and to protect crops from animals. It is a pneumatic weapon capable of inflicting serious life-threatening injuries. The authors present case child subjected pellet injury the head due discharge an air gun while playing. Case report: A 3 ½ year old male who was 95 cm in height presented with circular perforated laceration 0.4 diameter surrou...

I N 2011, FIREARM INJURIES ACCOUNTED FOR 32 163 deaths in the United States, nearly as many as the 34 677 fatalities from motor vehicle traffic accidents. The total includes 19 766 suicides, 11 101 homicides, and 851 deaths from the accidental discharge of firearms. Homicide is 1 of the top 5 causes of death in persons aged 1 to 44 years, and suicide is 1 of the top 5 causes of death in persons...