10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
By The Associated Press
1:53 p.m., Nov. 22, 2011
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Police in Bellingham, Wash., say a 10-year-old boy defended his mother from an attacker by shooting him in the face with a BB rifle as many as four times.
The man accused of the attack rents a room in the woman's home and came home drunk and angry Tuesday morning. Police say he kicked in a bedroom door and started choking the woman.
Officers say the boy hit the attacker with a board and then shot him in the face with the pump-action BB rifle as he grappled with the woman.
The woman and boy were able to flee to a neighbor's home and call for help.
The 45-year-old man was treated at a hospital and arrested for investigation of assault and making death threats.
The Associated Press
10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
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308Mike
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10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
The scumbag is DAMNED LUCKY the kid didn't have a .22 or larger (preferably a 12-ga, but he really didn't need that burden at this point in his life and his BB gun was certainly better than nothing [but I bet he wishes he had something much more powerful for MANY years afterwards!!])!!
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A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
I bet that BB gun got more than 10 pumps....
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
Probably more effective used as a club.
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
Gotta be careful with the BB guns, you can shoot your eye out. Especially if it is a Red Ryder...
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Durham68
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
Not so sure. If he had the presence of mind to pump it all the way up, I think he chose well. I saw a 7yr old boy get a .177 pellet in the stomach from a 10 pump when I was a kid. Found out later, the pellet lodged about an inch from his spine.Flintlock Tom wrote:Probably more effective used as a club.
To the hero's credit, he did try a board first.
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
Kid has the makings of a Marine. One mind, any weapon.
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
Good for him! I hope his mom rewards him with shooting lessons.
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
You're tellin' me!TheArmsman wrote:Gotta be careful with the BB guns, you can shoot your eye out. Especially if it is a Red Ryder...
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
What, you the kid that licked the pump handle in winter time also??? 
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Re: 10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun
That boy has The Combat Mindset, of the Todd Beamer variety. HELL YEAH!
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