The AP reports (via cbs13.com) that an…”8-year-old girl allegedly shot by a neighbor angered by children mischievously knocking at his door underwent successful surgery to have a pellet removed from her spine, authorities said Saturday.”
Ugh. I’m getting to the point, however, that I don’t know what irritates me more, the craziness of these stories or the manner in which they are reported. For example:
The girl was struck in the back, screamed and fell, authorities said.
Is this little tidbit of information really necessary? An 8-year-old girl just got plucked with a .22-caliber pellet rifle what do you think she is going to do? And since when did pellet rifles come in calibers? I’m no firearm enthusiast but the last time I heard of a .22 caliber anything it was called a gun which used bullets which can kill things.
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Score one for crotchety neighbor. Last time any kids’ll … uh- what are we allowed to PC-ly call this kind of prank now? “Knocking on a door and running away” sounds so stodgey. The kind of prank we used to pull during the late warm indian summer days… err… can we still use THAT one?
posted 4/24/06 at 9:39 am #
You called the shit poo!
posted 4/24/06 at 8:15 pm #
What a moron! Everyone knows that .177 caliber bb guns are better for shooing pesky kids. It leaves a nice welt and it’s almost impossible to find the BB later. You have to save the .22 pellets for cats.
posted 4/25/06 at 6:58 am #
An update to the story…
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/04/26/news/local_news/news3.txt
posted 4/26/06 at 2:39 pm #
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