Blunt instrument

 ( Violence ) 

A blunt instrument is any solid Physical body used as a weapon, which damages its target by applying direct mechanical force, and has no penetrating point or edge, or is wielded so that the point or edge is not the part of the weapon that inflicts the injury. Blunt instruments may be contrasted with , which inflict injury by cutting or stabbing, or projectile weapons, where the projectiles, such as or , are accelerated to a damaging speed.

Blunt instruments typically inflict blunt force trauma, causing bruising, fractures and internal bleeding. Depending on the parts of the body attacked, organs may be ruptured or otherwise damaged. Attacks with a blunt instrument may be fatal.

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Examples Some sorts of blunt instruments are very readily available, and often figure in crime cases. Examples of blunt instruments include:

• Personal implements such as
• Tools such as , crowbars, , or heftier such as the Maglite or Kel-Lite
• Parts of tools, such as
• Sports equipment such as cricket bat or , , , , etc.
• Weapons such as batons, bâton français, (using the haft), or (see firearm as a blunt weapon)
• Other items, such as rocks, stones, , or tree .

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In popular culture Maxwell's Silver Hammer is a novelty song by The Beatles that describes murders by blunt force and the subsequent trial of the perpetrator.

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