Collective reviewAccidental firearms fatalities and injuries among recreational hunters
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2018, Journal of Forensic and Legal MedicineCitation Excerpt :Firearm related fatalities, resulting from armed conflicts, homicides, suicides, and accidents, have increased over the past century bringing the study of wound ballistics into the core of interest for forensic and clinical research. Data from Europe demonstrate that 31% of firearm related hunting accidents between 1961 and 1992, both fatal and non-fatal, were inflicted by high velocity rifle ammunition1 and rifles were involved in hunting accident fatalities.2–5 Although the use of rifles in homicide cases is less common, data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reveal that there were 1847 cases involving rifles among the 46,313 homicides in the United States in a 5 year period (2007–2011).6
Injuries from firearms in hunting activities
2014, InjuryCitation Excerpt :Of the 9 fatalities in the Colorado study, only 1 was from a firearm. Many hunting injury studies discuss falls from tree/hunting stands [15–22] but a few do review firearm associated injuries [10–14,21–25]. The average age of 34.5 years in this study was younger than most in the literature; a median age of 24 years [12], and average ages of 41 [21], 44.4 [22], and 49.5 years [25].
Swedish hunters' safety behaviour and experience of firearm incidents
2013, Accident Analysis and PreventionUnintentional firearm hunting deaths in Sweden
2012, Forensic Science InternationalCitation Excerpt :The most common factor during moose hunting was that the victim was mistaken for game, a condition that still [1,8,11,18] seems to be the predominant “explanation” for these unintentional deaths. In small game hunting, the dominant mechanism was unsafe handling of the weapon [1], which also was the most common factor in hunting unintentional deaths in North Carolina [10], in Germany [15], and among overall North American fatalities [8]. Furthermore, the results of the present study show that a high percentage of fatalities were related to falling or stumbling with a loaded weapon.
Firearm storage practices and rates of unintentional firearm deaths in the United States
2005, Accident Analysis and PreventionCitation Excerpt :Areas where gun owners tend to store firearms both loaded and unlocked have the highest rates of unintentional firearm deaths. These findings are consistent with previous work suggesting that many unintentional firearm shootings occur during routine handling, often when the shooter mistakenly believes the firearm is not loaded (Morrow and Hudson, 1986; Cole and Patetta, 1988; Carter, 1989; Wintemute et al., 1989; Sinauer et al., 1996; Grossman et al., 1999). The association between storage practices and rates of unintentional firearm death does not differ significantly across age groups or sex.