You'll Shoot Your Eye Out.....

Sparky-Watts

Sparky-Watts

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Well, almost. This is a story from the Wichita Eagle. Very bizarre incident. It started as a domestic disturbance, and ended in a fiery car crash a few blocks away, with a dead woman behind the wheel:

Woman Killed by Pellet From Air Rifle

Sounds like the mom and son didn't have much of a healthy relationship, and even though it was ruled a justifiable homicide, he'll have to live with that memory every Christmas from now on. Pretty sad story.:(
 

The ridiculous thing is that the kid shot his mother and saved his grandfather from being ran through by a pair of scissors but the paper turns it into an "airguns are dangerous" story.

It should be an airgun saves a life story. The now you know section should have had re-offence statistics for abusive drug addicted felon mothers. The story should be a testament to the strength and courage of that boy for being able to keep the composure required to make an effective shot to save his grandfather.

Plus their statistics are inflated and shown to represent statistical information that you cannot derrive from the limited information that they have given in an attempt to push their anti-gun adjenda.
 
Crazy, ain't it? Actually, I'd bet it was just a lucky shot, and I seriously doubt the kid even took the time to aim. He probably just raised the gun and fired in that general direction. The scenario following the shot tells me it must have been cardiac tamponade that killed her. That is a condition where the heart and pericardial membrane are both punctured, but the pericardium is a thin membrane and will create a flap when punctured that will seal itself back up when pressure tries to escape the hole. As the heart continues to pump blood through the hole in it, the pericardium fills with blood, and as the pressure around the outside of the heart increases, it slowly stifles the heart's ability to pump, causing a slow drop in blood pressure which leads to a decreased level of consciousness. Cardiac tamponade may take anywhere from 1 to 20 minutes to overcome the victim. This explains why she was able to drive away, yet passed out a few blocks down the street. One of my first calls as an EMT was cardiac tamponade, and I was scared spitless because I couldn't figure out why the guy was going downhill so fast....until I cut off his coat and shirt and found the little hole in his chest. He had been working on a combine, hammering a part in a vise when a piece of metal about the size of a matchhead broke off and shot through 3 layers of clothes, between two ribs, and into his heart. Had I been trained as a paramedic at the time, I may have been able to save his life by doing a needle thoracotomy and relieving the pressure around his heart.....still bothers me when I think about it. Too many "what if's".....:(
 

I carry a tampon in my Jeep incase I ever get shot. :lol:

Doesn't sound like it would fix what she had though.
 
OutOfStep said:
I carry a tampon in my Jeep incase I ever get shot. :lol:

Doesn't sound like it would fix what she had though.
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Nope, but they're great for nose bleeds. And I've even used them twice on gunshot wounds, though it's not recommended. We carried those and maxi pads on the ambulance. Maxi pads worked better than any pre-packaged trauma dressings we could get through medical supply companies, and were a heckuva lot cheaper!! I still carry two of them in my first aid kit in the Jeep.
 

IT is strange to me that a pellet went through her heart and our EMT friend has given us a look into what can or may have accured.But doesent the pellet also have to go between 2 ribs? And at times just enough force can put your heart in arest thats why (most PO's )place shock plates in there vests.And with her history maybe its not that sad a story.Sorry to say
 
JK'S-XJ said:
IT is strange to me that a pellet went through her heart and our EMT friend has given us a look into what can or may have accured.But doesent the pellet also have to go between 2 ribs? And at times just enough force can put your heart in arest thats why (most PO's )place shock plates in there vests.And with her history maybe its not that sad a story.Sorry to say
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Actually, at over 1000 ft/sec, a pellet (or more likely a BB) can go through a rib. They shoot just slightly slower than a .22 cal rifle.
 
The speed of a projectile and the muzzle energy are two very different things, the latter is the bigger factor in "stopping power".

A BB or pellet may be as fast, but is no where near as damaging as a .22 bullet.

Whatever the path of that pellet, I say again...

Good shot, kid ;)
 

Right, mass x velocity is the ultimate factor in stopping power, but sometimes it pays to be lucky.
 
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