Golladay E S, Murphy K E, Wagner C W
Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
South Med J. 1991 Jul;84(7):886-8. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199107000-00016.
Firearms, particularly high-powered automatic weapons, injure progressively younger children in urban environments. At Arkansas Children's Hospital, 32 children have been admitted for gunshot wounds in 12 years. Air guns (3), handguns (19), and shotguns (10) caused the injuries. Shotgun wounds occurred during hunting accidents (2), flights from houses (3), and mistaken identity in the home (5), usually by family members (5). All victims of shotgun wounds were boys; seven were black. Their ages ranged from 6 to 20 years. Two injuries involved the abdomen, one the flank, one the chest, one the axilla, and five the legs. Accidental discharge of a weapon at close range caused extensive multisystem damage and long-term sequelae. Most of the wounds could have been avoided with the use of common sense and simple measures to identify the person within the household.
枪支，尤其是大威力自动武器，正在伤害越来越多城市环境中的低龄儿童。在阿肯色儿童医院，12年间有32名儿童因枪伤入院。气枪（3例）、手枪（19例）和猎枪（10例）造成了这些伤害。猎枪伤发生在狩猎事故中（2例）、逃离房屋时（3例）以及家中认错人（5例），通常是被家庭成员误认（5例）。所有猎枪伤受害者均为男孩；7人为黑人。他们的年龄在6岁至20岁之间。两处伤口涉及腹部，一处在侧腹，一处在胸部，一处在腋窝，五处在腿部。近距离意外开枪造成了广泛的多系统损伤和长期后遗症。通过常识和识别住户内人员的简单措施，大多数伤口本可避免。
