TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - A Case Report of Suicide with a Homemade Handgun (Plastic Model Gun)
JO  - Korean journal of legal medicine (2007)
A1  - Lee, Joo-Yong
A1  - Goo, Jeong-Ho
A1  - Lee, Sang-Han
SP  - 174
EP  - 177
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N2  - Unlike the United States, cases of firearm suicides in Korea are rare and are usually limited to military soldiers and policemen. In addition, there is no case report of a suicide by a homemade handgun in Korea. The present victim was a 24-year-old soldier with a fascination for firearms. He had a history of depression and social phobia during his military service. He constructed a homemade handgun from a plastic model gun, also known as a BB gun. During the vacations, he committed suicide with the homemade gun, which caused a penetrating gunshot wound to his chest. The structure and ammunition of the homemade handgun is demonstrated in this report. We have also discussed a few details of the forensic investigation and evaluation of the homemade handgun fatality.<p /> <p>Language: ko</p>
LA  - ko
SN  - 1225-0589
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7580/KoreanJLegMed.2012.36.2.174
ID  - ref1
ER  -