Posted on 11/22/2011 5:08:33 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
His name’s probably on a “potential terrorist” list at DHS by now.
WTG, kiddo!
I have always had a bit of concern over BB guns and pellet rifles.
First of all, I oppose any gun control laws of any kind, at least any I have seen and that includes BB guns, etc.
I will say I have also seen or read about some real tragedies involving kids and air guns. Quite a few serious and fatal injuries to truly innocent children.
No legal controls but lots of social pressure on parents to teach their children responsible gun handling and that includes guns of any kind.
I would have liked to have seen that 1” through a board Sheridan rifle.
Most pellet rifle are lucky if they can bury a soft lead pellet past the skirt in wood.
I bought a Sheriden Blue Streak around 1973. It was .20 or 5mm caliber and was quite powerful. I have little doubt it would penetrate a soft pine board.
You are correct. It is bad policy to restrict the rights of millions to prevent a small number of accidents. Social pressure, education and safety training are the proper tactics.
We have reduced the fatal firearms accident rate by 94 percent in the last 80 years, while the number of guns per person has about doubled.
What a good son! Maybe his mother won’t allow some guy to rent a room from her in the future. I hope she’ll take her son’s safety into account.
Not intentionally.
You are correct, that is an air gun.
Either you have no clue what a co2 cartridge is, or you have no clue what that rifle is, or you are just being complete turd. But I think it is all of the above.
That rifle is piston powered, not nitrogen or co2 powered, and it costs 2 grand. No one would EVER even think about giving a gun like that to a kid.
“I will say I have also seen or read about some real tragedies involving kids and air guns. Quite a few serious and fatal injuries to truly innocent children.”
One could say the same about cars and teenagers...
They've improved a bit in the last 25 years.
They've improved a bit in the last 25 years.
This will be entered into the national database, so when he tries to buy a firearm as an adult, he will be rejected because of a previous assault involving a gun.
Actually, Washington Stat is pretty conservative when it comes to gun laws. Legal for a kid to have a pellet gun. Legal to shoot someone to stop them from committing a felony OR to prevent bodily harm. That’s anywhere you might be.
Plus the Castle Doctrine and she was in her room. I hope the kid gets a .22 or larger by the time (6 months?) the scumbag gets out of jail.
BTTT!
675fps is about right for the Sheriden. I don’t recall the pellet weight off hand but it was heavy for it’s caliber which really makes all the difference in penetration.
For that matter 675fps is about the velocity of the .38 S&W cartridge. It would penetrate a lot more than one board.
I have 5 .177 springers right now which are rated at 1000fps. I don’t have a chrony but have read enough reports by owners who do that most of them are no where near 1000fps except with the very lightest of regular pellets. Even then most are well under 1000fps. I do have one, a Turkish made one which I think is a bit hotter than the others.
I have actually owned and shot a Sheriden for many years. They really are powerful.
IIRC, the .38 S&W cartridge uses bullets heavy as 200 grains.
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