Bullets are most commonly housed in a magazine, with the capacity ranging from just a few rounds to 30 or more. Because this action occurs automatically when the trigger is pulled, semi-auto handguns are sometimes referred to as autoloading or self-loading.Įach squeeze of the trigger results in a single round being fired, an action which can be repeated until all of the bullets are used. Not just going to completely shatter their liver, but also their spleen, causing catastrophic fatal bleeding.A firearm that can typically be held and operated with a single hand, a semi-automatic handgun, or pistol, utilizes a design in which a squeeze of the trigger fires a round, ejects the casing, and automatically rechambers another round. "And so, you can imagine that a bullet that is causing a blast effect inside their body, inside their abdomen or their torso or their chest, it's not just going to explode, or tear apart, their lung, but also their heart. "Children, their organs are a lot more compact, and they have a lot less fat surrounding their vital organs," Griggs said. The doctors told ABC News that while assault-style weapons can injure any human, children will be much more impacted because of their smaller bodies.īecause bullets from these weapons are traveling at a high velocity, they can destroy a significant portion of tissue and are more likely to hit major organs. A bullet from a handgun that hits a bone might fracture the bone, but a bullet from a semi-automatic rifle might shatter the bone due to the high velocity. Griggs explained that the same holds true if a bullet hits a human bone. "Instead of, for example, if the bullet traveled through the lung, instead of a hole in the lung, we're looking at an exploded lung." "The difference with high velocity bullets and military-grade weapons.is the damage they inflict on the human body and our internal organs are much more gruesome and tend to have what is known as a blast effect, because that bullet is carrying so much energy with it as it enters the human body," Griggs said. Trauma specialists explained what the injuries look like, how they're treated and why they can be even more devastating for a child than an adult. "That's not to say that there aren't other rifles that can cause quite a lot of damage in the human body, but this type of injury is devastating and unique to many military-grade weapons." Cornelia Griggs, a pediatric and critical care surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, told ABC News. "Disturbingly, in mass shootings, the AR-15 or the AR-15-style rifle seems to be the weapon of choice," Dr. While handguns have the potential to seriously harm people, sometimes fatally, semi-automatic rifles can cause even more damage. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said Tuesday morning that the suspect in the Louisville shooting was holding an AR-15 when he was shot. The recent mass shootings at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky as well as Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee was carried out, at least in part, with semi-automatic rifles.Īccording to Nashville police, the shooter walked into the private Christian elementary school on March 27 armed with a handgun, but also an AR-15-style rifle and a semi-automatic pistol-caliber carbine. "Their bodies were blown up by AR-15s," he said. David Baum witness the Highland Park parade shooting.
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