BLOG: BB gun injuries are not to be considered lightly

With summer upon us and more people than ever obtaining weapons for protection and enjoyment (target practice), it is worthwhile to summarize the danger of BB and pellet guns.The term “ballistics” refers to the science of the travel of an object in flight. In the case of a gunshot wound or BB and pellet guns, the energy expended is kinetic energy, or energy due to a motion of bullet penetrating tissue and/or bone. The kinetic energy of a moving object is the function of its mass and its velocity so (Read more...)

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