Posted on 05/13/2023 6:03:20 AM PDT by CFW
You know a lot of these modern slingshots do come with an arm brace. I had one about 50 years ago called a Wrist Rocket. This should be looked into because these braced slingshots are made easier to pull back and aim. Some of these braces even fold allowing the slingshot to be easily concealed. These assault slingshots are also commonly sold to minors with no no questions asked or forms filled out. The boy in this situation could have easily put the assailant’s eye out which would have been horrifying.
Conservative: Great, but the boy should've grabbed a gun and shot the MFer!
“I never had a BB gun as a kid (probably a good thing) but to compensate, I got quite proficient with a slingshot. My dad never did figure out where all his 1/4” hex nuts went ;-) And speaking of that, if it became necessary to use it in self-defense, I figure a nutshot would be easier to make than an eyeshot...and have similar effectiveness.”
It can be a useful skill to become proficient in given that it is relatively a silent attack and the “victim” will be unable to tell from where the sudden pain came. So it has the ability to not only bring pain but also surprise and confuse the person on the receiving end of the rock or hex nut.
Theres also a what not to do vid of a guy shooting a 1/2” ball bearing at a target in front of a plywood back stop. It ricochets straight back and smacks him in the forehead, its pretty gruesome.
i think we need name and pics of perp even if he is 17. He’s gonna be trouble later on in life, let’s start documenting.
Slingshots are harder to obtain a permit for in Australia than most rifles and shotguns.
Black MoeHawk huh? Could have been Bidenskyyyy. His great, great, great, great, non-binary great great grandtranny was a Black Moehawk princess.
Unless you’re being sarcastic, I don’t understand why it would be a tragedy if the 17-year-old male kidnapping an 8-year-old girl lost his eye to the slingshot.
Pretty sure the perpetrator had something else in mind.
At first read of the headline I thought: “I’ve gotta get me some of that “black mohawk” slingshot ammo.
Awesome!..... this is heroism and from a boy who’s gonna grow up as a real man!
Agreed.
Make
Alvin
Go
Away
!!
Huh?
Wonderful to read about a good boy and brother. Hope they throw the book at the would-be kidnapper.
XD Nice!
I hope the family now upguns the young man. He earned it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5YOYrRejY
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