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10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
Associated Press ^ | Nov. 22, 2011

Posted on 11/22/2011 5:08:33 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - Police in Bellingham, Wash., say a 10-year-old boy defended his mother from an attacker by shooting him in the face with a BB rifle as many as four times.

The man accused of the attack rents a room in the woman's home and came home drunk and angry Tuesday morning. Police say he kicked in a bedroom door and started choking the woman.

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To: marktwain

Yep, I know a lot of people like you.

There was a time that this type of incident was treated like a “local” issue by the Police. It worked quite effectively.

The article did not mention the boy’s father, so I assume he was not there. The young man deserves a lot of credit for how he handled it.


21 posted on 11/22/2011 5:54:02 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil

If it was a pump action one it was probably a Daisy 25. I guarantee that would hurt. When I was a kid my best friend had one and I had a lesser Daisy.

We used to have air rifle wars in which we would basically play cowboys and Indians with our air rifles. I was at a severe disadvantage and remember even at 25 yards or so, that model 25 would really hurt.

One thing that we were fairly smart about is we would wear our swim goggles to protect our eyes.


22 posted on 11/22/2011 6:02:32 PM PST by yarddog
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To: mamelukesabre
Standard .22 LR 40gr is rated at a muzzle velocity of 1,138 fps.

Benjamin Trail NP XL1100 .22 Cal Air Rifle

Gas Piston Technology uses Nitrogen as the power source

Caliber.22 Caliber

Velocity- up to 1100 fps

23 posted on 11/22/2011 6:07:53 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: yarddog

You and I have had similar experiences. Those BB guns sting! Paintball made the BB gun wars obsolete.


24 posted on 11/22/2011 6:09:03 PM PST by marktwain (In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: Texas Fossil
I have some high powered pellet rifles. Even the heaviest pellets are usually no more than 11 grains, while an ordinary .22 is 40 grains in weight.

A .22 is a pretty powerful projectile weapon. I would take it over a bow or crossbow any day.

25 posted on 11/22/2011 6:11:08 PM PST by marktwain (In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: yarddog
My brother and I thought we were great white hunters when we got our first Daisy pump BB guns.

One afternoon we brought in a Cottontail Rabbit we killed with them. A BB in the right spot can be deadly.

Then we graduated to C02 powered 22. cal. pellet guns. Those were effective on small game. Rabbits, birds, squirrels.

I used my father's break-over 1.77 cal. pellet rifle this year to take care a bunch of birds that were destroying his grape crop. Found that a direct hit on the side of the bird only knocked the feathers out. But if you shot for the head, almost any shot was fatal.

26 posted on 11/22/2011 6:14:43 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil

There are a few air guns which are powerful enough for medium sized game, deer etc. but most of the standard ones, even the magnums are quite a bit under a .22 LR.

That Benjamin shoots a pellet which typically weighs around 14-15 grains and that 1100 fps is very optimistic. Standard .22LR bullet weighs around 36-40 grains with the 40 grains being most common.

I do have a Diana RWS mdoel 48 which probably does shoot a .177 8 grain pellet around 1200 fps and it will do just fine on small game. Still not up to a .22 rimfire.


27 posted on 11/22/2011 6:16:30 PM PST by yarddog
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To: marktwain

Yes, I agree. A single well placed .22 rimfire rifle round to the head would probably be fatal.


28 posted on 11/22/2011 6:17:00 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil

I killed a coatamundi in Panama with a .177. It was a Beeman C-1, as I remember. Nice little pellet gun. I sold it before I came back to the States.


29 posted on 11/22/2011 6:17:51 PM PST by marktwain (In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Get him to an Appleseed!
30 posted on 11/22/2011 6:19:02 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: marktwain

Here is a pellet that is heavy. I am sure the fps would drop but the impact would be more:

Beeman Kodiak Double Gold Pellets
.22 Caliber 21.14 GR 200 ct

http://www.airgunsbbguns.com/22_caliber_pellets_air_guns_s/115.htm

http://www.airgunsbbguns.com/v/vspfiles/photos/bee3250DG-1.jpg


31 posted on 11/22/2011 6:20:36 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil

The local Wal-Mart carries the Benjamin Nitro piston and I have been tempted to buy one.

The thing which keeps me from doing so is I remember all those GM cars from the 1980s which used gas pistons instead of springs to help lift the hood.

I have yet to see one in which the gas has not escaped leaving them dead.


32 posted on 11/22/2011 6:21:23 PM PST by yarddog
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To: Texas Fossil

>I used my father’s break-over 1.77 cal. pellet rifle [...]

Near 1.8 in, wow!! ;)
I assume you mean .177 cal.


33 posted on 11/22/2011 6:23:36 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: rabidralph; All

Appleseed is the place for him!


34 posted on 11/22/2011 6:24:20 PM PST by marktwain (In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Yep. .177

Sorry


35 posted on 11/22/2011 6:26:02 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: marktwain

Paintballs and cheap eye protection glasses has probably saved a lot of kids eyesight.

When I was growing up we had some neighbors, country neighbors who lived about a mile away. They had five red headed boys who were wild as could be. I enjoyed playing with them but never would have gone hunting with one of them.

I was not too surprised when one day I heard one of them had shot his brother in the eye with a BB gun. He lost around 60% of his vision in that eye.


36 posted on 11/22/2011 6:26:54 PM PST by yarddog
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To: yarddog

My brother and I had 10 shot bolt action Crossman CO2 repeaters.

We thought we were the stuff.

Then came the .22 rifles and the 20 ga. shotguns. My did we enjoy quail and dove hunting. And we held our own with the adults. The old guys really enjoyed that.

Fond memories.


37 posted on 11/22/2011 6:28:40 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
A woman would need to be very knowledgeable about who she rents a room to in her home. It would, most likely, not be wise to rent one to almost any man who she didn't know exceptionally well or not rent to a man at all, especially when she has a child/children.
38 posted on 11/22/2011 6:30:23 PM PST by Bellflower (Judas Iscariot, first democrat, robber, held the money bag, claimed to care for poor: John 12:4-6)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Bellingham, WA...???

Sorry kid.... assault with a deadly in this state???
.... 25-to-life...

Oh yeah.... You will be tried as an adult!

39 posted on 11/22/2011 6:30:47 PM PST by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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To: marktwain

Beeman C-1

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL99/804363/8662212/118855668.jpg


40 posted on 11/22/2011 6:33:30 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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