Wow, didn't think a pellet gun would be capable of this.

[arakboss]

'Terrible accident': 8-year-old shot, killed by pellet gun in Moses Lake

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. -- An 8-year-old boy is dead after being shot in the chest with a pellet gun in Moses Lake, sheriff's officials said. The shooting is being investigated as a "terrible accident," according to Kyle Foreman of the Grant County Sheriff's Office. Authorities say a 13-year-old was...

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[jackrv]

I have a crossman single shot pellet gun, .22 cal, and it most definitely is capable.

It is the kind that you pump a lever to tighten a spring? 10 or so pumps and it is lethal, I'd say.

 

[808hondacrguy]

For sure, my break barrel is nothing special, but at 25 yards will blow a hole through our wood fence, and break the neighbors window. But don't ask me how I know this

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

I remember a story a while back where a man was shot in the temple with a pellet gun and died. They definitely have the power if the shot placement is right.

 

[daved20319]

I have a crossman single shot pellet gun, .22 cal, and it most definitely is capable.

It is the kind that you pump a lever to tighten a spring? 10 or so pumps and it is lethal, I'd say.

There are no pellet guns that you "pump a lever to tighten a spring", you're mixing a pneumatic pump with a spring piston rifle. The pneumatic has an air reservoir that you fill by pumping the lever, and yes, by varying the number of pumps, you vary the power. The spring piston rifle can be either a fixed barrel with a lever on the side or bottom, or a break barrel where the barrel itself is the cocking lever. Either way, you only "pump" it once.

As to being lethal, absolutely. Even a relatively low powered .177 springer will penetrate 3/8" plywood, and I've had higher powered guns that would penetrate 2x4's and even fairly heavy sheet steel under repeated impacts. Treating them as toys is just asking for this kind of tragedy. Later.

Dave

 

[RVTECH]

Watch some videos about hunting baboons in Africa with air guns.

 

[solv3nt]

Texan Archives - Airforce Airguns

www.airforceairguns.com

.457 cal

 

[Spitpatch]

Lewis and Clark thought the concept lethal enough to pack one across the Continent.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Too bad and yea, they aren't toys. Condolences.
Anyway.
I just heard the KXL news reader say, "Authorities don't know what led up to the shooting. The shooting is being called an accident.".
That doesn't even make sense.

 

[CRBMoA]

Too bad and yea, they aren't toys. Condolences.
Anyway.
I just heard the KXL news reader say, "Authorities don't know what led up to the shooting. The shooting is being called an accident.".
That doesn't even make sense.

Well, this one, tragic though it is, does not fit the narrative.

No way to easily blame this on Concealed Carry or Trump.

Give it a day.

 

[RVTECH]

I just heard the KXL news reader say, "Authorities don't know what led up to the accident. The shooting is being called an accident.".

Yet in the online story this is said:

Authorities say a 13-year-old was handling the gun along Scott Road at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when it went off, striking the 8-year-old.

Uh, it seems to me 'what led up to' (it) was that fact a 13 year old was 'handling the gun' . NOW - the details may be unclear but my point is how the 'news reader' conveniently left out the basic fact of the 13 year old being being materially involved.

Seems like an example of the media modifying the facts, leaving out pertinent information to solidify it as an 'accident' with no 'human' negligence.

 

[Certaindeaf]

No kidding. It's asinine and provocative. If it was an accident it's a pointless query.

 

[Mike_M57]

Did they not watch the Safety Documentary on this?






It won a major award.

 

[titsonritz]

Yet in the online story this is said:

Authorities say a 13-year-old was handling the gun along Scott Road at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when it went off, striking the 8-year-old.

Uh, it seems to me 'what led up to' (it) was that fact a 13 year old was 'handling the gun' . NOW - the details may be unclear but my point is how the 'news reader' conveniently left out the basic fact of the 13 year old being being materially involved.

Seems like an example of the media modifying the facts, leaving out pertinent information to solidify it as an 'accident' with no 'human' negligence.

"We also ask this, please show compassion and empathy in any of the comments that you make, sometimes it's easy to be judgmental about situations like this and this just isn't the time or place to do it," said Foreman.

 

[RVTECH]

it's easy to be judgmental about situations like this and this just isn't the time or place to do it," said Foreman.

Oh how I would love to confront this 'Foreman' and say the following:

'Ok, Foreman, I won't be 'judgmental' - but I might take a pretty good guess as to what might have happened - and if the 13 year old happens to admit to it, and its close to what I suspect it was, then the public has a right to know the details'.

 

[arakboss]

Did they not watch the Safety Documentary on this?

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It won a major award.

It sure did.

 

[titsonritz]

It sure did.

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It's fre-gee-leh. It must be Italian.

 

[nammac]

Air guns and AirSoft will be next in the sights of legislators, politicians and gun grabbers...

You heard it here first...

 

[Mike_M57]

Air guns and AirSoft will be next in the sights of legislators, politicians and gun grabbers...

You heard it here first...

Then Pea Shooters. Gotta ban the Pea Shooters, too. Them things is practically assault weapons these days...

 

[RVTECH]

Update and part of my guess is correct:

Investigators said an 8-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the chest by a pellet gun that a 13-year-old boy was holding.