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John H wrote:
On 17 Jun 2005 05:48:03 -0700, wrote:

Larry wrote:
On 17 Jun 2005 04:53:32 -0700, wrote:

Tim wrote:
They were sitting on a small
hill by a state hwy. and took a couple of shots at passing cars
with a
Daisy BB gun!

No big deal unless that BB hit you, right?

Hell, we used to have BB gun wars on my uncle's farm!

Have 2 eyes now? If so, you are lucky. Other's were not. Like I said,
kids
shooting bb guns has ruined a man's life. It is inexcusable to shoot
at
passing cars.

So, you agree that they should be charged with Terroristic acts????
Hmm, I find it odd that you right wingers are pro gun, except when it
comes to something personal. And sure, it's wrong to shoot at passing
cars, who said it wasn't? But, I'll tell you this, with a little Daisy,
by the time that bb gets to the car, it's going REAL SLOW. Should we
outlaw sticks, too? They've been known to take people's eyes out. Hell,
maybe even more eyes have been lost to sticks. The Consumer Product
Safety Commission estimates that in 2003, there were 550,000 to 600,000
injuries associated with bicycles and 97,640 injuries from skateboards
that required emergency room treatment, compared with 19,504 for air
guns -- including the high-powered air guns.

I know, I shouldn't say anything to you, so I'll be nice.

Even if the bb is going 'very' slow, wouldn't the speed of the car still
be able
to cause the impact to be severe? Did you ever see what a small rock,
going very
slow, does to the windshield of a car going 60mph?

Oh, ****!!!! I spilled my water bottle laughing at that!!! Hmm, that
would mean that the kids would have to be in FRONT of the vehicle. If
they were behind then the car could be going faster than the bb. Would
that make the driver of the CAR guilty of terroristic threats?

The kid could be on the side of the road in front of the vehicle, on an
overpass in front of the vehicle. I had a company car that got hit by a
quart bottle of liquid dropped from an overpass and there was major damage
to the window frame where it hit. Lucked out that he was a second slow in
dropping or it would have come through the windshield. We have had people
killed by people rocks dropped off overpasses, as well as snipers have
killed people. Is a serious case of terrorism to the drivers when there is
a sniper loose.