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I don’t understand the following though.
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Leventhal and his team found that the most common types of firearm injuries included open wounds (52%); fractures (50%); and internal injuries of the thorax, abdomen or pelvis (34%).Traumatic brain injuries occurred most often in children younger than age 5.
Only 52% of firearm injuries result in open wounds? I’d think it would be very close to 100%.
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Considering the study includes
air guns, I have to wonder if some of the injuries aren't the result of paint ball guns!
It's somewhat obvious that not all the injuries come from being shot.
Some could even be from such benign sources as a kid getting his first taste of a 12 ga. recoil and ending up with a badly bruised shoulder.
On the whole, the "study" is pseudo-science and serves no purpose other than being a "publication".
If you've ever spent more than 30 seconds in the company of university professors, you'll understand the significance of the term "published".