I got shot today

[dreadnut]

So I'm out collecting my mail from the mailbox this afternoon, and the neighbor kid shoots me in the head with his BB-gun! Hit me in the scalp just above my left temple. I've got quite a welt on my noggin and a bit of a headache. I went over and chewed the young lad's a$$, he's lucky I didn't wrap the BB-gun around his stupid little neck :evil: I also had the Sherriff's deputy pay him a visit, hopefully he put the fear of God into him. I think it was accidental / ricochet, apparently he was shooting at his sidewalk. I decided not to press charges. I will be talking to his father when he gets home.

 

[Ridgemont]

Glad to hear it didn't hit your eye. I think having the cops show up and put on a big show should scare the living crap out of the kid. What is that kid doing with a BB gun anyway? Hasn't he seen "A Christmas Story?"

 

[FNG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld36Ikit ... re=related

 

[dreadnut]

Yeah, good thing I'm Dutch, it just bounced off my head! :lol:

 

[adorshki]

Yeah, good thing I'm Dutch, it just bounced off my head! :lol:

Better watch out, next thing ya know he's gonna want to grow up to be just like you. :lol:

 

[davismanLV]

Jeeze, that's horrible!! Not even safe to go check the mail, apparently. I just checked mine and .... I did it very quickly and looking around for armed neighbor kids. The sheriff deputy should have put the fear in him.... I hope.

Glad it's not too serious..... sheesh!!! :shock:

 

[adorshki]

Yeah, good thing I'm Dutch, it just bounced off my head! :lol:

Better watch out, next thing ya know he's gonna want to grow up to be just like you. :lol:

 

[dreadnut]

Yeah, I'm not anti-gun, but I am anti-gun-stupid!

 

[gilded]

how old is the 'kid'?

 

[West R Lee]

I think BB guns are a great way for a kid to learn gun safety. I certainly did from my dad. It sounds as if this kid ain't getting the message. I'm just glad it didn't hit you in the eye Marc.

West

 

[adorshki]

how old is the 'kid'?

That was actually my first question too.

I think BB guns are a great way for a kid to learn gun safety. I certainly did from my dad. It sounds as if this kid ain't getting the message.

No slyness intended, but yeah, you might be doing other folks a favor to make sure he gets properly "oriented", if it wasn't done yet. Hopefully the kid's got a father, or somebody, who wants to do things the right way.
Uh oh. Better watch out, it could be you. :lol:

 

[dreadnut]

Me too West, I had a BB-gun at age ten, and my dad was a fanatic about gun safety. That's just the way it used to be. He gave me a shotgun at age 12, and a deer rifle at 14, we hunted together a lot. Interestingly, since dad passed away I haven't done hardly any hunting, until three years ago when my son wanted to go deer hunting. Then I taught him gun safety.

The kid across the street is probably 12 or 13 years old.

 

[West R Lee]

Me too West, I had a BB-gun at age ten, and my dad was a fanatic about gun safety. That's just the way it used to be. He gave me a shotgun at age 12, and a deer rifle at 14, we hunted together a lot. Interestingly, since dad passed away I haven't done hardly any hunting, until three years ago when my son wanted to go deer hunting. Then I taught him gun safety.

The kid across the street is probably 12 or 13 years old.

I can remember when my brother and I used to take off with our BB guns and a sack full of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and be gone all day long.....from morning until dark.

West

 

[davismanLV]

I can remember when my brother and I used to take off with our BB guns and a sack full of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and be gone all day long.....from morning until dark.

West

Isn't that funny. I used to jump on my horse in the morning with some kinda "lunch" and they wouldn't see me at home until at least an hour after dark. The last hour I could maneuver in my sleep (and obviously in the dark). No cell phones.... God forbid anything would happen... but it didn't. Wasn't life grand back then, West? It's a good way to grow up...

 

[West R Lee]

I can remember when my brother and I used to take off with our BB guns and a sack full of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and be gone all day long.....from morning until dark.

West

Isn't that funny. I used to jump on my horse in the morning with some kinda "lunch" and they wouldn't see me at home until at least an hour after dark. The last hour I could maneuver in my sleep (and obviously in the dark). No cell phones.... God forbid anything would happen... but it didn't. Wasn't life grand back then, West? It's a good way to grow up...

Yes it was......a different time, so innocent it seemed. Back then, mom and dad could let us go for the entire day without a worry.....doors unlocked. Tree houses and BB guns.........man, that was a long time ago! Such fond memories.

West

 

[dreadnut]

You used to shoot PBJ sandwiches? :lol:

 

[West R Lee]

You used to shoot PBJ sandwiches? :lol:

They never lasted long enough to shoot Marc. Seems like they always did a diappearing act.

West

 

[frailer5]

As an ex-RN, I can tell you that's a very vulnerable area near where you were hit. You did the right thing calling for a uniform to spook him. Hope you find a responsible parent to follow up. You were lucky. Well, in your bad luck, if you know what I mean.

A person is hit hard to the temple
Your skull is composed of six major bones, three of which are joined at the temple. This makes the temple extremely vulnerable. A forceful blow can cave in this junction of the skull causing death. The temporal artery supplying blood to the brain is also located in this area, so a blow to the temple also has the possibility of rupturing this artery causing sudden blindness and/or death.

 

[Russian Guy]

Jesus, man! Where are the parents looking?!

 

[dreadnut]

He lives with his dad, dad wasn't home at the time.