Difference between revisions of "Gunshot wounds"
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==Firearm projectiles== | ==Firearm projectiles== | ||
[[Image:260529196 232ebabc57 bBalleIncendiaire.jpg|thumb|200px|X-rays are useful for locating bullets. (WC)]] | |||
===Evidence=== | ===Evidence=== | ||
*Bullets are often good evidence: | *Bullets are often good evidence: | ||
**The calibre (size) and markings from the barrel (on handgun/rifle projectiles) allow it to be matched to the weapon that fired it. | **The calibre (size) and markings from the barrel (on handgun/rifle projectiles) allow it to be matched to the weapon that fired it. | ||
**Thus, all projectiles are recovered from a body... and it is | **Thus, all projectiles are recovered from a body... and it is routine to X-ray all gunshot victims. | ||
===Classification=== | ===Classification=== | ||