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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have owned and shot many types of guns over the years including bb guns. I don't normally shoot people with bb guns so I'm not sure of the exact damage it would cause so I was vague, sorry for not writing an essay on the type of wounds it would cause.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I didn't mean my answer to come off as aggressive. Apologies if it came off that way. I was just talking to everyone here in general ha. I'm just a bit confused as to why people don't consider bb guns to be a potentially serious weapon. I'm just imaging what would happen if you were to shoot someone in the face with a bb gun. I feel like it would be game over for that person. Either permanently fucked, or killed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Losing an eye sure but I think death is a bit far for a bb gun (I have done 0 research) but maybe a pellet gun where the projectiles are more bullet shaped maybe. It also depends on how the gun operates and how fast it sends the bbs

Edit: 4 deaths per year in the US I stand corrected

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ha that's because everyone just buys real guns now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I wonder what the number would be if in included people shot by other people when brandishing a bb gun... maybe not