Boy Uses Hammer to Fire Bullet

[jiggypete]

Hopefully not a dupe in another category. Proof that not only guns need to be secured, but also ammo!

Boy uses hammer to fire bullet, hurts teenage girl - fox59.com

 

[williamnewman1]

wow, insert cliche here : play stupid games win stupid prizes , etc

"It can enter any part of the body. It can enter the eye, it can enter the throat... even go into the heart." ......really ? i had no idea

 

[billybob44]

Did the same, as a Kid..

I did the same thing when I was 6-7 years old...Put that sucker in a vise, hit the rim with a tack hammer...BOOM..

I was SURPRISED, but NO one injured...

Yea, that was 50 some years ago...Bill.

 

[Glock]

Wouldn't the brass just break apart because it's not supported?

 

[geronimojoe85]

The girl suffered a cut in her neck and is expected to recovery.

I hate to be a grammar nazi, but this is just stupid.

 

[Mgderf]

Definitely NOT a Mensa candidate!

 

[Mark 1911]

When I was 12 or 13 I took a .45 acp cartridge that my dad had on his dresser for years. Curiosity finally got the better of the cat. I took the cartridge and laid it on a tree stump in the back yard, put the muzzle of my BB gun against the primer and pulled the trigger. I am not sure if it was the BB or the brass from the cartridge that came back and popped me in the forehead, but I suddenly realized I was bleeding like a stuck pig from the forehead. My first thought was, "how am I going to explain this to mom". So I did my best to avoid her until the bleeding stopped. Turned out to be a minor cut. I never tried that stunt again. Lucky it didn't hit me in the eye.

How many of us wish we had a dollar for every "close call that I lived to talk about" story?

 

[kwatters]

When I was 12 or 13 I took a .45 acp cartridge that my dad had on his dresser for years. Curiosity finally got the better of the cat. I took the cartridge and laid it on a tree stump in the back yard, put the muzzle of my BB gun against the primer and pulled the trigger. I am not sure if it was the BB or the brass from the cartridge that came back and popped me in the forehead, but I suddenly realized I was bleeding like a stuck pig from the forehead. My first thought was, "how am I going to explain this to mom". So I did my best to avoid her until the bleeding stopped. Turned out to be a minor cut. I never tried that stunt again. Lucky it didn't hit me in the eye.

How many of us wish we had a dollar for every "close call that I lived to talk about" story?

LOL, we used to take .22 rounds and lay them on a board and see who was good enough shot with a bb gun to set them off. Not easy to hit!

 

[ChrisBarnes]

Yeah I saw this on the news yesterday and was shocked and saddened. We work so hard to protect ourselves and our kids. Then someone who did not educate their children let this happen. We move 1 step forward and 10 steps back. Frustrating!!!

 

[loudpedal]

I hate to be a grammar nazi, but this is just stupid.

I agree about being a grammar Nazi. But I couldn't help but chuckle about the "reclaim you're brain advertisement next to the offending sentence.

 

[indiucky]

I did the same thing when I was 6-7 years old...Put that sucker in a vise, hit the rim with a tack hammer...BOOM..

I was SURPRISED, but NO one injured...

Yea, that was 50 some years ago...Bill.

I hear you. I used a "bit" of black powder once to try and duplicate the "Bugs Bunny" pile of blackpowder with a long trail of black powder leading to the pile. I lit it and needless to say there is no long PFFFFFFTTTTTT followed by a boom. There was just a very large flare up, no eyebrows for two weeks, a small mushroom cloud in the back yard, and an ass whuppin' when I got home.

 

[kjf40]

My brothers and i used to hit .22 blanks with a hammer, til one zinged out and entered my bro's arm.....was pretty scary, we were young and stupid.

But hey...when you live out in the middle of BFE....what else is there to do?

LOL

 

[IndyGunSafety]

Hammer locks should be mandatory with the sale of all hammers! Hammers hurt children! Oh the humanity!

Smilies that appeal to children and perpetuate hammer violence should banned!

 

[armedindy]

when i was younger a friend of mine used a slingshot to launch a .22 lr at a pop can...which fired on impact...we got a good laugh out of it despite how friggin stupid it was

 

[Excalibur]

My question is how they hell did a 12 year old got a hold of a bullet?

 

[Bounty Hunter]

You will shoot your eye out!!!!


Seriously though that is a bad deal. We did that also when young, never gave it a thought. Lucky I guess. Hope the girl is ok, and the kid learns from this.

 

[rugertoter]

Had a Physics teacher, years ago, in high school that had a glass eye because he did that.

 

[handgun]

While i have never been stupid enough to try that... hey the bb gun and 22s on a board sound like a hell of an idea!

But nothing worse than shooting each other with bbs as a kid.. too poor to afford paintball gun.. so what was the next best thing.. no face shots or crotch shot all else fair game.

Wow that was dumb..

 

[coyn]

Had a Physics teacher, years ago, in high school that had a glass eye because he did that.

That's one way to learn Newton's 3rd law

 

[seadoodr.]

My question is how they hell did a 12 year old got a hold of a bullet?

Thats a good question, should be kept in the gun safe.Most kids who have parents that own firearms get the talk about doing silly stuff like this but peer pressure will make us all do something we know were not supposed to.