Wait a minute here.
"In Grigny, south of the capital, a gang of around 200 youths are reported to have lured police into a housing estate before opening fire with hunting rifles. At least 30 officers were injured, two seriously with lead pellets in the legs and neck."
BB guns? I mean, I read the word, "hunting rifles" and thought, "Oh man, it's hitting the fan." Called my mom. She sat at the couch, listening. Then I find they were shot with pellets? Europe. [Snort.]
"BB guns?"
It was a shotgun, from long distance.
French police holds a shotgun shell recovered after they were shot upon in Grigny, south of Paris on the 11th night of violence late November 6, 2005. France's urban riots reached a new peak in their 10th night as petrol bombings spread from Paris's run-down suburbs to the centre of the capital and began to unnerve neighbouring countries. President Jacques Chirac summoned his security, social affairs and finance ministers to an emergency meeting at 1700 GMT to plot a response after 1,300 vehicles were destroyed in the latest night of chaos -- a new high. REUTERS/Franck Prevel
Only a matter of time before the islamic brotherhood or AQ or hezbollah smuggle in some AK47's.