Airguns are Toys?

27 June 07

Airguns are toys? This from a friend with LAPD:

"A two-month-old infant was shot to death when her juvenile 'uncle' negligently discharged an airgun last Monday. The young man was sitting on a porch carelessly fumbling with a pellet rifle. His sister, who was carrying his two-month old niece, was walking toward him when the pellet gun discharged and struck the baby. The two-month-old subsequently died from her injuries atthe hospital.

Idiot was, of course, suspect was taken into custody. There is no suggestion that the shooting was anything but an accident."

Comment: Airguns are eminently capable of inflicting serious, even fatal, injuries! Careless gun handling is as contemptible with airguns as it is with any gun. Careless gun handling is a remorseless and ruthless assassin! See that you're never guilty of it, no matter what kind of "gun" you're handling!

/John