"They represented good value, they were made in Turkey and their cost of production is less than somewhere like Belgium … and they produce really top-level guns, so they were a cheaper option," Mr Morton said. There are up to 300 ATA 5-shot semi-automatic shotguns in use in Australia and the weapon is still being sold.Ī handful of rice farmers in the Riverina bought the ATA 5-shot semi-automatic, and Ricegrowers' Association of Australia president Jeremy Morton was one of them. He found out about the determination through Landline, but insisted his gun was well maintained. They are commonly used by gardeners and farmers for pest control. Mr Polkinghorne took his concerns to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), and without ever physically examining the weapon, the ACCC concluded Mr Polkinghorne's gun was poorly maintained and not defective. 410 bore is one of the smallest caliber of shotgun shell commonly available A. The ATA 5-shot semi-automatic shotgun that misfired, exploded and injured Lloyd Polkinghorne. The Polkinghornes are suing the importer, NIOA Trading, and the local gun distributor.īoth declined to speak publicly while the legal action is pending. "People don't see what I see, or what the kids see. "He is a different man, initially we were going through the processes hoping he would get better but now he is certainly a broken man," she said. Mr Polkinghorne's wife Lauren said he was now a "broken man". "It got to the stage where it was hard enough to get out of bed and get ready and fed," he said. Mr Polkinghorne's days on the family rice farm are over. "I've had everything from headaches and migraines to post-traumatic stress … and I've lost short-term memory and am having a lot of trouble with decision-making." 'Now he is a broken man' "I'd try and drive a tractor or something and I'd just end up with a migraine and in a ball of sweat having to go lie down in a dark room," he said. He had suffered a serious brain injury and a cerebrospinal fluid leak. Incredibly, Mr Polkinghorne drove home and put himself to bed, but over the following weeks, the true extent of his head injury became apparent. "I just felt I'd been kicked in the head, it took me totally by surprise." YouTube stats: 833 views and 55 comments for top 50 videos uploaded last week, 1 new videos uploaded yesterday.Lloyd Polkinghorne was given a huge knock to the head when his gun exploded sideways during a routine bird shoot over rice fields.
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