Posted on 11/01/2004 12:49:57 PM PST by JFK_Lib
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A study has found that air rifles, paintball pistols and BB guns injure as many as 21,000 Americans each year, undermining the notion that such weapons are harmless in the hands of young people. Nonpowder guns kill an average of four Americans yearly, and from 1990 to 2000, there were 39 such deaths -- 32 of children younger than 15, according to a report in November's issue of Pediatrics. The report, published Monday, comes just two weeks after the BB gun death of an 8-year-old South Carolina boy accidentally killed by a 13-year-old friend. The pellet pierced the boy's heart, said Richland County Coroner Gary Watts.
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Blood blisters from fingers pinched in the cocking lever probably count.
I got one of those and it's a blast.
the funniest thing to happen to myself in my life was with a softball, my uncle and i were practicing pop flies in the yard when i was 9 or so, and he threw one waaaayyy up, i had my glove right in front of my face with the other hand supporting just like i was supposed to, the ball seemed to be really slow so i took my hands away to see where the ball was and BLAM!!!! broke my nose, i started crying and i saw my uncle doubled over laughing too hard to notice my injury, so ban softballs too!!!
these scumbags say anybody up to 19 are children!!!
That's especially true if you look at kids in homes with in ground pools.
My 10 yr old has a BB Gun and has yet to put his - or anyone's eye out or do any damage with it.
Of course the only time he gets to put his hands on it is when he is with Dad.
LVM
I see me and my friends weren't the only stupid ones.
So the moral of the story is that getting hurt with a BB gun is about as dangerous as having a basketball poke out your eye...
It was only stupid if someone actually got hurt; otherwise it was damn fun. :)
When BB guns are outlawed only cool, centered, well-behaved, religious, self-reliant, confident, honorable 10-13 year-olds will have BB guns.
I still have a chipped tooth from that girl that hit me in the mouth with the baseball.
Oh, don't be silly. They all died. Without government intervention, no one can live long enough to grow up and have kids.
Where's my Sig, Kimber, Marlin, and Colt? ... nevermind.
Hell's Bell's.......I don't know how some of us baby boomers lived to be adults. I've been shot with BB guns more than once, probably had lead in the paint in our house, rode bicycles without helmets, drank out of water hoses, no seat belts...........but seriously, Hub was in law enforcement and did make a call where a child died of a BB gun wound, so our son never had one. IMHO, I think banning them is more than extreme.
umm, not on your own land which happens to be on a rural mountain, when local laws say you can't hunt within 500 feet of a dwelling.
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