I was at the basketball courts on the base, and I was climbing up one of the angled backboard poles, hanging upside down like a sloth, and my older brother, who had borrowed a BB gun from a friend, walked over, pressed the barrel into my right butt-cheek, and pulled the trigger.
Now, I was wearing blue jeans, but it felt like someone put out a cigar on my ass! I fell to the ground, my fingers turning white as squeezed my butt as hard as I could.
I don’t care who you are, that hurts!!
There are several kids a year killed by pellet rifles. Most are accidents but some are done on purpose.
A little girl near me got shot in the heart around 2 years ago. She fortunately survived but it was touch and go for several days.