Young Boy Killed by Pistol Recoil???
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TamThompson
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You know how people exaggerate. The 'splattering' was probably due to a juice box taking a recoil hit. Never brace your gunbutt against a juicebox! 
There are well known cases of recoil causing a 2nd shot to kill someone. Without bothering to search, I have read two:
1. Boyfriend, feeling like a big male organ, gives girlfriend who is a non-shooter a 44 mag to shoot. She shoots the first round, spasms on the second round and shoot hims.
2. Guy gets a 50 AE Desert Eagle. I forget if he rented it or bought it. Goes to the range. Fires one shot and gets spooked. Puts it down and tell the RO he wants nothing to do with it. The RO decides to finish off the mag. Fires a shot and spasms on the recoil. The shot blows his head off. If you watch folks really heavy hand guns, you sometimes see the gun come dangerous close to turning over.
As far as pure recoil, I doubt it. I did once eat a pistol grip shotgun through pure stupidity. Quite a belt in the mouth, but I lived.
1. Boyfriend, feeling like a big male organ, gives girlfriend who is a non-shooter a 44 mag to shoot. She shoots the first round, spasms on the second round and shoot hims.
2. Guy gets a 50 AE Desert Eagle. I forget if he rented it or bought it. Goes to the range. Fires one shot and gets spooked. Puts it down and tell the RO he wants nothing to do with it. The RO decides to finish off the mag. Fires a shot and spasms on the recoil. The shot blows his head off. If you watch folks really heavy hand guns, you sometimes see the gun come dangerous close to turning over.
As far as pure recoil, I doubt it. I did once eat a pistol grip shotgun through pure stupidity. Quite a belt in the mouth, but I lived.
FPrice
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that is sad
a .454 is a powerfull gun.
a .454 is a powerfull gun.
HABU
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I guess I will be the one to ask the lacking question. WHY WERE YOU LISTENING TO DR. LAURA IN THE FIRST PLACE? I'd rather listen to Michael Moore. 
Same thing happened at Wades. It wasn't a handgun course though. A group of friends went to the range where a gal was given a .44. (I think it was a mag, but am not sure enough to post as gospel.) The revolver recoiled back and over her head where a round was sent uprange into a guys head. The shooter rented a room from my freinds mom.
Doh!
Same thing happened at Wades. It wasn't a handgun course though. A group of friends went to the range where a gal was given a .44. (I think it was a mag, but am not sure enough to post as gospel.) The revolver recoiled back and over her head where a round was sent uprange into a guys head. The shooter rented a room from my freinds mom.
Doh!
cratz2
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Well, that's really pretty horrible to hear it confirmed.
I've shot a Freedom Arms 454 and I wouldn't let/suggest my 30 year old wife shoot one let alone a 12 year old kid. I've read about young teenage kids - even girls - taking game with a 454, but I'd imagine they worked up to that level... Or at least received proper training.
Sad, sad thing.
I've shot a Freedom Arms 454 and I wouldn't let/suggest my 30 year old wife shoot one let alone a 12 year old kid. I've read about young teenage kids - even girls - taking game with a 454, but I'd imagine they worked up to that level... Or at least received proper training.
Sad, sad thing.
FPrice
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HABU...
"I guess I will be the one to ask the lacking question. WHY WERE YOU LISTENING TO DR. LAURA IN THE FIRST PLACE? I'd rather listen to Michael Moore."
Okay, this is a pop quiz so put away your notes. You have five minutes to complete this quiz.
A. Because this is a free country and I was exercising my First Amendment rights as guaranteed by my Second Amendment rights???
B. Because this is the only talk radio station (other than an all-sports format station) and I much prefer talk, even on subjects and with opinions I don't always agree with than the typical insipid music around here.
C. Because Dr. Laura Schlessinger, for all her faults, has a pretty good message about personal responsibility and taking charge of your life which translates well to our Second Amendment rights, among others.
D. It was a fluke occurrence and will never happen again.
E. All of the above.
Begin now.
"I guess I will be the one to ask the lacking question. WHY WERE YOU LISTENING TO DR. LAURA IN THE FIRST PLACE? I'd rather listen to Michael Moore."
Okay, this is a pop quiz so put away your notes. You have five minutes to complete this quiz.
A. Because this is a free country and I was exercising my First Amendment rights as guaranteed by my Second Amendment rights???
B. Because this is the only talk radio station (other than an all-sports format station) and I much prefer talk, even on subjects and with opinions I don't always agree with than the typical insipid music around here.
C. Because Dr. Laura Schlessinger, for all her faults, has a pretty good message about personal responsibility and taking charge of your life which translates well to our Second Amendment rights, among others.
D. It was a fluke occurrence and will never happen again.
E. All of the above.
Begin now.
UnintendedConsequences
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I can see recoil killing
If a basketball or baseball or even a soccer ball can kill with the right force and impact placement, recoil can kill too. My worst firearms experience was from my jerk of an uncle who had me shoot a .22 LR rifle, then a 7mm Remington Magnum semi-auto, I was about 12 and he didn't tell me how to hold the rifles (never shot a gun before) and had me shoot into a tree, and didn't tell me how to use the sights, so I presume the shots went into the tree.
By the way, this was in Kansas, and there was the tree and then at least two miles of flat ground before another tree, with farm houses down range somewhere. I didn't let me use eye or ear protection. The lesson he was trying to teach me? He wanted to show me that Rambo couldn't hold an M-60 and fire one handed. On top of this, he told me that 7mm Rem Mag rifle was worn enough that it would go full-auto on you.
Despite my uncle being a jerk, I have learned to hunt and use firearms on my own. As for handguns, I use a good two-hand hold. When I fired a 1911 style pistol in 45 ACP, yes, it kicked in my hands, but the recoil was controlable and I keep a firm grip on it. I didn't have problems with additional trigger pulls as I kept the trigger pulled back hard until after I came out of recoil. Then again, I am a full-on control freak with firearms useage. I get upset with idiots who don't follow the basic safety rules, whether on the range or in on a hunt.
I can see how someone can have something bad happen if they are stupid, but that happens with just about anything that has risk to it. We need more common sense....
If a basketball or baseball or even a soccer ball can kill with the right force and impact placement, recoil can kill too. My worst firearms experience was from my jerk of an uncle who had me shoot a .22 LR rifle, then a 7mm Remington Magnum semi-auto, I was about 12 and he didn't tell me how to hold the rifles (never shot a gun before) and had me shoot into a tree, and didn't tell me how to use the sights, so I presume the shots went into the tree.
By the way, this was in Kansas, and there was the tree and then at least two miles of flat ground before another tree, with farm houses down range somewhere. I didn't let me use eye or ear protection. The lesson he was trying to teach me? He wanted to show me that Rambo couldn't hold an M-60 and fire one handed. On top of this, he told me that 7mm Rem Mag rifle was worn enough that it would go full-auto on you.
Despite my uncle being a jerk, I have learned to hunt and use firearms on my own. As for handguns, I use a good two-hand hold. When I fired a 1911 style pistol in 45 ACP, yes, it kicked in my hands, but the recoil was controlable and I keep a firm grip on it. I didn't have problems with additional trigger pulls as I kept the trigger pulled back hard until after I came out of recoil. Then again, I am a full-on control freak with firearms useage. I get upset with idiots who don't follow the basic safety rules, whether on the range or in on a hunt.
I can see how someone can have something bad happen if they are stupid, but that happens with just about anything that has risk to it. We need more common sense....
PATH
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gazpacho is right. What in the hell is a five year old doing shooting such a high caliber pistol?
COmmon sense should prevail at the range!
COmmon sense should prevail at the range!
Guy B. Meredith
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The link above tells a story about a traffic accident.
A story that happens so repeatedly with minor variations without having been in the news is almost always urban legend. Even when it is in the news it is sometimes the reporter retelling and perpetuating an urban legend without checking Snopes.
A story that happens so repeatedly with minor variations without having been in the news is almost always urban legend. Even when it is in the news it is sometimes the reporter retelling and perpetuating an urban legend without checking Snopes.
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red_devil1469
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Story got archived I did a search and foune it.Im sure it moves every few days.
http://www.lexingtonleader.com/story90.shtml
http://www.lexingtonleader.com/story90.shtml
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