Firsthand account of a person shot with an air rifle

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Lazarus Long said:
Dirt clod fights, anyone? After a field is freshly plowed the dirt clods are just about fist sized. We used to have dirt clod fights. It was all good fun until someone got hit in the head, then it was a war. Gotta love dirt clod fights!
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Dirt clods and we also used Giant Rag Weed (horse weeds) as spears. How on earth we didn't all end up blinded and or permanently maimed is beyond belief. Especially when one considers these things were seasonal and we entertained ourselves with other equally or more so dangerous games as they became available through the year, as we advanced in age.
 
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JohnOD said:
I heard the gun discharge and turned to see Fred on the ground in the fetal position
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There are some big " hoses " in the leg, you do not want a hole in one of those, and not knowing what to do.
Which make me laugh cuz there seem to be a favorite place to stab when punks here set their grievances over the lukrative drug market.

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Aaa yes good times, but as you say until you got beaned wither with a lump of dry dirt or a stone.

We actually also shot with bow and arrow after each other, but only weak bows was allows and not pointed arrows, still i have pulled a arrow form a leg once or twice ( only place you was allowed to shoot )
Same is also to blame for me being accused of shooting at caged rabbits on our local playground, but i was not shooting at those and never hit one, but the other kid behind their cages was my target.

We also made blow pipes out of electrical conduit piping, lost of bushes around that had berries that fit excellent in the 16 mm or so pipes.
That with masks / eye protection made out of cardboard made up for a lot of close quarter fighting.

O also seen a guy getting his leg broken by a spear made out of a small pine and like 1.5 - 2 " in diameter at the thick end, it was also somewhat pointed.
Guy screamed like a pig even if on the outside he just got a black mark on the skin.
It was just thrown back and forth and hitting the ground, but the idiot did not pay attention, and so.

Later on in the days after the movie Warriors, well every neighbourhood had its own gang,,,,, our gang quickly grew as we beat and absorbed others,,,,,, that would also got pretty bloody.
I was a little young to take part in the direct action though.
 
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Did I forget to mention black walnut fights? Those were the worst. Huge welts, stained hands, stained anything that got hit. Yup! Growing up on a farm was not for the weak hearted.

Rotten egg fights, too. Invariably, our hens would get out and roost all over the farm. When we found a cache of rotten eggs- not fertilized- our brothers were fair game for a strike....yuck.
 
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Our farm house kitchen was all glass windows on two sides....I threw a shoe at my brother one day and missed...took out a window. I cleaned the glass up and my dad did not notice until the following morning, when the dew was on all of the rest of the windows...I took a licking for that one.

Got him back, though. I used to shoot out the barn light once a week, using my bb gun. Our barn was 4 stories high. Dad would climb up a ladder and replace the bulb cussing, every time. Heh heh heh...
 
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Shot twice with BB guns.
1st my mother chased me around a tree trying to shoot me with my own BB gun. Managed to hit me in my shin. She swears she did not remember it.
2nd was my 1st gun fight. Group of us use to BB gun down on Salado creek in San Antonio. One of the group had bought a Daisy 105 (Grass mowing money) against his dad's wishes. Some how the dad found out and was pissed. The kid keep the gun hid at our hangout area on the creek. Sent to retrieve the gun by his father.
Some how he thought I told his dad about it, which I had not. As I approached a few of the group with my trusty 760 he shot me in the forehead for "Telling on him". Big mistake as I proceeded to wear his a++ out with the 760. That day it was truly a Power Master Two things happened then, he took off with very sever BB welts and as he was running up the hill away from me, I remember yelling I switching to pellets now. In retrospect the BB's worked find in ending the threat and were faster to load. As I recall this story today (55 years later) something I have never thought of is recalled. He was on the far side of the creek and that meant an extra couple of miles around to get home.
Yes I have played lawn darts and dodged overhead descending arrows.
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Bigtwin69 said:
On a humorous note, my wife told me that when she was very young, she asked for and received a BB gun at Christmas. She promised her Dad she wouldn't shoot her brothers. It wasn't long and she was making one of the brothers "dance" as she directed the BB gun toward him. She claims she didn't know the BB gun was loaded, after she shot her brother in the stomach. The BB gun wound up broken in half and in the trash a short time later. She still misses her BB gun.
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Did you know this before you married her?

Has she had any recurrent behavior like this from her youth with you?

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Bottle rocket fights, anyone? In the 70s we could buy bottle rockets for $1.44 per gross. So when you've got a $10.00 budget and your parents don't even get out of the car after driving you to the fireworks stand, you know what you do? Yep, you guessed it... Yep, you buy a ton of "ammunition" and declare war on each other. I, along with the rest of the local hoodlums, quit participating in this form of gunpowder assisted warfare after tagging my buddy in the right eyebrow and seeing the damage done. Somehow the message of just how close to losing an eye our friend came, cut through our battle lust. Didn't effect the probably equally as dangerous Wrist Rocket/China Berry wars that continued until we discovered girls.
 
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Has anyone wondered why a recently joined forum member (the OP) would consider airgun injury such an important topic, as to make it so soon after his first post? It may not be his intent, but you are helping someone make a case against airgun ownership by contributing your war stories.

The impression this thread creates is that accidental and deliberate airgun shootings by children are common. You might declare that they were too common when you grew up; but are no longer common because of how you raised your kids. Then those who now claim that shootings are the leading cause of death among children, are connecting that to the availability of guns, and are likely to stretch that to airguns. I would dispute the notion that more kids are shot dead than die in cars, where someone is texting, rather than paying attention. Clearly some factions do not mind stretching the truth, and are inclined to take information out of context, if it suits them. Therefor, feeding the general public information that can be stretched to support the above notions should be avoided.

We already know that airguns are not toys for children, because they are likely to hurt themselves or others. So, what knowledge does this thread add for forum members, that they did no know? Compare that to what someone who intends to campaign against airgun ownership might do with the information. Such as promoting legislation for locked storage, or power limits; because we already have age limits on airgun purchases.

Even if the OP has no such intent, this forum is completely open to anyone who wants to read it; including those who see airguns as a "gateway drug" to firearms. And who are continually dreaming up ways to discourage legal firearm ownership; and by extension, airgun ownership.

So, you may not agree, but I would ask you to think about the potential positive VS negative value, before you add your story. We like to think that we are amongst friends; because we have no ill intent. The thread title asks for a "firsthand account of a person shot with an air rifle". So, ask yourself; why is someone so keen to know about that? Especially someone with no history, where their outlook and general intent may be evaluated.
 
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Has anyone wondered why a recently joined forum member (the OP) would consider airgun injury such an important topic, as to make it so soon after his first post? It may not be his intent, but you are helping someone make a case against airgun ownership by contributing your war stories.

The impression this thread creates is that accidental and deliberate airgun shootings by children are common. You might declare that they were too common when you grew up; but are no longer common because of how you raised your kids. Then those who now claim that shootings are the leading cause of death among children, are connecting that to the availability of guns, and are likely to stretch that to airguns. I would dispute the notion that more kids are shot dead than die in cars, where someone is texting, rather than paying attention. Clearly some factions do not mind stretching the truth, and are inclined to take information out of context, if it suits them. Therefor, feeding the general public information that can be stretched to support the above notions should be avoided.

We already know that airguns are not toys for children, because they are likely to hurt themselves or others. So, what knowledge does this thread add for forum members, that they did no know? Compare that to what someone who intends to campaign against airgun ownership might do with the information. Such as promoting legislation for locked storage, or power limits; because we already have age limits on airgun purchases.

Even if the OP has no such intent, this forum is completely open to anyone who wants to read it; including those who see airguns as a "gateway drug" to firearms. And who are continually dreaming up ways to discourage legal firearm ownership; and by extension, airgun ownership.

So, you may not agree, but I would ask you to think about the potential positive VS negative value, before you add your story. We like to think that we are amongst friends; because we have no ill intent. The thread title asks for a "firsthand account of a person shot with an air rifle". So, ask yourself; why is someone so keen to know about that? Especially someone with no history, where their outlook and general intent may be evaluated.
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You make a very good point. Had I checked that I would not have shared. The context of most of us posting are older and these stories are several decades old would be lost on or ignored by someone up to no good is a sad reality.
 
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Has anyone wondered why a recently joined forum member (the OP) would consider airgun injury such an important topic, as to make it so soon after his first post? It may not be his intent, but you are helping someone make a case against airgun ownership by contributing your war stories.

The impression this thread creates is that accidental and deliberate airgun shootings by children are common. You might declare that they were too common when you grew up; but are no longer common because of how you raised your kids. Then those who now claim that shootings are the leading cause of death among children, are connecting that to the availability of guns, and are likely to stretch that to airguns. I would dispute the notion that more kids are shot dead than die in cars, where someone is texting, rather than paying attention. Clearly some factions do not mind stretching the truth, and are inclined to take information out of context, if it suits them. Therefor, feeding the general public information that can be stretched to support the above notions should be avoided.

We already know that airguns are not toys for children, because they are likely to hurt themselves or others. So, what knowledge does this thread add for forum members, that they did no know? Compare that to what someone who intends to campaign against airgun ownership might do with the information. Such as promoting legislation for locked storage, or power limits; because we already have age limits on airgun purchases.

Even if the OP has no such intent, this forum is completely open to anyone who wants to read it; including those who see airguns as a "gateway drug" to firearms. And who are continually dreaming up ways to discourage legal firearm ownership; and by extension, airgun ownership.

So, you may not agree, but I would ask you to think about the potential positive VS negative value, before you add your story. We like to think that we are amongst friends; because we have no ill intent. The thread title asks for a "firsthand account of a person shot with an air rifle". So, ask yourself; why is someone so keen to know about that? Especially someone with no history, where their outlook and general intent may be evaluated.
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You are way off base with regard to the OP. John, is my fishing & shooting buddy. I've spent many, many days on the boat with him flingin' flies for large stillwater trout! John is full of stories and I am sure he shared this one here because he thought you folks would find it interesting. And, as seen from the replies, many have.

It was just this past Summer that I talked John into diving back into airguns and buying his first PCP. We have enjoyed the experience together. So, enough with the conspiracy non-sense.

And for that matter, I myself have been away from the forums for years but recently come back to add enjoyment back into the hobby for myself. If I was to disclose more about myself some of you old-timers would know me from the 'Yellow' forum.
 
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BBGunn said:
You are way off base with regard to the OP.
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I actually have two concerns; not just one:
1. That your friend might be up to no good.
2. That someone unconnected to your friend will use the information posted to this thread for nefarious purposes.

I trust that the possibility of (1) is low; but even if that can be dismissed (2) stands as a valid concern, regardless.

Since you know the OP, ask why he wants to know about people getting shot with airguns? What is he planning to do with that information? It simply seems like an odd question to ask. Even more odd to lead with that. And yes, he has a post about a Marauder before asking about people punctured by airguns.
 
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techna said:
Bottle rocket fights, anyone? In the 70s we could buy bottle rockets for $1.44 per gross. So when you've got a $10.00 budget and your parents don't even get out of the car after driving you to the fireworks stand, you know what you do? Yep, you guessed it... Yep, you buy a ton of "ammunition" and declare war on each other. I, along with the rest of the local hoodlums, quit participating in this form of gunpowder assisted warfare after tagging my buddy in the right eyebrow and seeing the damage done. Somehow the message of just how close to losing an eye our friend came, cut through our battle lust. Didn't effect the probably equally as dangerous Wrist Rocket/China Berry wars that continued until we discovered girls.
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We used Roman Candles, the real ones. I remember them bouncing off then blowing up. Cant believe I survived growing up.
 
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Ta-Ta Toothie said:
We used Roman Candles, the real ones. I remember them bouncing off then blowing up. Cant believe I survived growing up.
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Yep, did that too. One kid got the projectile(?) stuck behind his eyeglasses for just a moment or two. Burned him pretty well - lucky he didn't lose his eye.
We never did that again after that incident.
 
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