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Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.
>>> From an ignorant Brit, what's a "BB" gun, is it the same as an air
>>> gun,
>> do you not need a licence for it? If you do, what age do you need to
>> be to get one, this sounds horrific, how can people shoot an innocent
>> animal?
> It's a *Ball Bearing* gun, very similar to an airgun. Both should be
> banned.
They are banned here within a certain number of metres of a house, which
essentially means within any town or city. That doesn't stop young fools,
though; we had a case some years back in which someone playing with one
accidentally blinded in one eye a young girl in a neighbouring yard - not
even the same yard as the kid with the BB gun!

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Cheryl
Adrian - 14 Jun 2005 20:33 GMT
>>>> From an ignorant Brit, what's a "BB" gun, is it the same as an air
>>>> gun,
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> playing with one accidentally blinded in one eye a young girl in a
> neighbouring yard - not even the same yard as the kid with the BB gun!
A few weeks ago a 12 year old boy died after accidently being shot
through the eye with one. This happened about 40 miles from where I
live.

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Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.