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Riza Yilmaz¹, Ismail Birincioğlu, H Bulent Uner

¹Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. dr_riza_yilmaz@yahoo.com

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Handmade firearms from Trabzon, Turkey, often mimic commercial designs but use poor materials, posing safety risks. Analysis of 201 guns revealed significant similarities to established firearm models.

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Area of Science:

Forensic Science
Materials Science
Criminal Justice

Background:

Handmade firearms are frequently implicated in criminal activities in Trabzon, Turkey.
These illicit firearms often resemble commercial models in design and mechanism.
Concerns exist regarding the safety and materials used in their construction.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the characteristics of handmade firearms encountered in criminal cases in Trabzon.
To compare the design, mechanism, and construction of these guns to commercial firearm models.
To assess the safety and legality of handmade firearms originating from the Black Sea region.

Main Methods:

Examination of 201 handmade guns submitted to Criminal Police Laboratories between 2003 and 2005.
Evaluation of firearm type, barrel count, size, caliber, rifling, design, and mechanism.
Comparison of handmade firearms to documented commercial models (e.g., Browning, Luger, Beretta).

Main Results:

The majority of analyzed handmade firearms showed significant resemblance to commercial firearm designs.
Key features such as loading, locking, cocking, and firing mechanisms were often replicated.
Despite design similarities, these guns were constructed from low-quality materials, rendering them unsafe.

Conclusions:

Handmade firearms in Trabzon pose a public safety risk due to their unsafe construction, despite mimicking commercial designs.
The prevalence of these weapons highlights a need for targeted interventions in the Black Sea region.
Forensic analysis is crucial for identifying and understanding the threat posed by illicitly manufactured firearms.