Powder burn

A powder burn is a type of burn caused by exposure to the burning gases which are expelled from the muzzle of a firearm as it is fired.^[1] Powder burns only occur when the person or item to be burned is close to the discharging firearm, as the gases quickly dissipate.^[2] This can be an indicator on a corpse of whether the person was shot at point-blank range or not.

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