Provide several factors can affect the type of wound inflicted by a firearm.

What will be an ideal response?


Several factors can affect the type of wound inflicted by a firearm.
Vernon Geberth states that when a firearm is discharged, several things can occur:
? Fire or flames are emitted from the barrel
? Smoke follows the flame
? The bullet emerges from the barrel
? Additional smoke and grains of both burned and unburned gunpowder follow the bullet out of the barrel
? The material spreads outward from the barrel as it is emitted
? If the firearm is close to the targeted surface, much of this material will be deposited on it

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