Man calls police after son shot with BB gun

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Thursday, October 16. 2008
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An Auburn man called the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office after his teenage son was shot with a BB gun.

According to the report, the teenager was bringing in the trash can from the end of the driveway when he felt something “sting” his leg.

When he looked up, he noticed a man standing outside the house next door laughing at him.

The man reportedly said, "Aww, that couldn't of hurt it was only a Daisy BB gun, I didn't even hit you."

The teenager returned to his house and told his father what happened.

The father said the perpetrator lived nearby. The father wanted the incident reported because he said the BB could have put his son’s eye out. The man added that the perpetrator “is around 28 years old and he should know better than to shoot BB guns at people.”

The incident remains under investigation.
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#1 Anonymous on 10/16/08 at 09:31 AM [Reply]
Well if he was more than 50 feet from the road, he had every right to fire the gun. Check your Barrow Ordinance

I agree with the lady who says guns don't belong in nighborhoods
#1.1 Texas Taxes on 05/26/17 at 04:23 PM [Reply]
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#2 Anon on 10/16/08 at 11:27 AM [Reply]
So, in your most intelligent opinion, as long as you are 50 feet from the road, it is ok to fire a gun at people? I think problems with laws and ordinances stem from people with a complete lack of common sense.
#2.1 Anonymous on 10/16/08 at 03:23 PM [Reply]
"problems with laws and ordinances stem from people with a complete lack of common sense".
Your comment was so on-target (no pun intended) that I had to repeat it.
#2.1.1 Anonymous on 10/16/08 at 09:20 PM [Reply]
I think the first comment didn't mean it was okay to shot a gun because of the last statement. I think he/she was responding because of a previous article on someone complaining about guns in residential areas. I read the article. Some lady was complaining about people in her area shooting guns on or near her property. And yes according to Barrow County ordinances you can shot a gun as long as you are 50 feet from the road. Give an jerk a loop hole and he will take advantage of it.
#3 Anonymous common sense on 10/16/08 at 08:33 PM [Reply]
to Aonoymous 1,2,3
I for one is a NRA and belive BB Gun could be fun for kids, but that does not give any person to shoot anyone that are doing nothing to be shoot. I got one question for the three of you how would you like you child being shot while getting the trash can from the road and not bothering anyone and on his own property ? and if you say that it is okay to do that then you need parenting class or DEFACS called
#3.1 Anonymous on 10/17/08 at 08:07 AM [Reply]
Painfully sad that you could not understand those comments above. They all say that the guy with a BB gun is a fool (although #1 was not very clear about it).
#4 Anonymous on 10/17/08 at 06:02 PM [Reply]
Yea -- I live next to one of those fools. Yesterday he was pulling up his deer stand in his back yard. Getting ready for Saturdays season opening. We live in a subdivision!!!! The sad truth of the story -- some kids going to have to be killed before the government of Barrow wakes up and smells the coffee!
#5 common sense on 10/17/08 at 09:04 PM [Reply]
what is painfully sad is people say Law & ordinance are made from lack of common sense when in fact it is people like them not having the common sense to understand them.
#5.1 Anonymous on 10/18/08 at 06:50 AM [Reply]
That might be true, except in Barrow County -- you can sit in your back yard and shot.

The ordinance state that agriculture is zoned for hunting BUT it does not specifically state you can't hunt in residential. It DOES specifically state you have to be further than 50 feet from a public road to shot a gun.

This means that any fool with a gun can hunt inside a subdivision as long as he's more than 50 feet from the road.

It's because of fools that we have to govern people and make so many rules.
#5.2 Anonymous on 10/18/08 at 12:25 PM [Reply]
Not sure (again) what you are trying to say, but the comment is "problems with laws and ordinances stem from...lack of common sense". Not "laws and ordinances stem from...lack of common sense". Big difference there.
Laws and ordinances, themselves, come from the fact that we can't trust people to do what is right. As the fool with the BB gun has so aptly proven.
#6 Anonymous on 10/18/08 at 03:19 PM [Reply]
If Barrow County had an ordinance against shooting guns in residential areas, then the person could be arrested and charged with a crime.

As it stands, you can be in your back yard shooting (as long as it's 50 feet from the road) and the sheriff can do nothing but ask you to stop. If you say no, they can't make you stop.

The current ordinance(s) needs to be changed to specifically state it is unlawful to shoot guns in an area zoned residential.
#7 Anonymous on 10/18/08 at 06:08 PM [Reply]
I think what they are saying, and which you so conveniently seem to miss the point on is ...

Barrow County needs an ordinance against shooting guns (any kind of gun) in areas zoned residential both within city limits and in unincorporated (outside the city limits)areas.

I checked the code and it's unlawful to shot a gun in a area zoned residential if you are within the city limits. However if you live in unincorporated (outside the city limits) Barrow County you can shot a gun in a area zoned residential.

There plain enough for you?
#8 Anonymous on 10/18/08 at 09:34 PM [Reply]
If you don't like living in the out in the country side then move back to the city and quit tring to make Barrow County like Gwinnett County. We don't need the trouble like Gwinnet does!
#8.1 Anonymous on 10/19/08 at 03:56 PM [Reply]
NEWS FLASH -- neighborhoods are not country side.

And it's the current commissioners who are making Barrow like Gwinnett. They just recently zoned for apartments - that's HIGH DENSITY! They go around happily zoning anything and everything residential.

If you want it to remain "country" then the undeveloped areas zoned residential need to be rezoned back to agriculture.
#9 anonymous on 10/19/08 at 10:17 AM [Reply]
Ordinances aside, knowlingly and purposely shooting anyone
with a BB gun, Pellet Gun or any other kind of gun is
Aggravated Assault!!
#9.1 Anonymous on 10/19/08 at 03:45 PM [Reply]
Which leaves me wondering why charges were not filed
#9.2 Mobile Law on 05/26/17 at 04:21 PM [Reply]
Good information thank you
#10 Anonymous on 10/20/08 at 04:47 AM [Reply]
NEWS FLASH if it consider in the county then you live in the country side.
#10.1 Anonymous on 10/20/08 at 01:15 PM [Reply]
So you think it's okay to shot guns in residential areas as long as you consider them to be in the countryside? What do bullets not travel as far in the country as they do in the city? Population density is population density.

Once a subdivision goes in -- shooting should not be allowed.
#11 Anonymous on 10/20/08 at 08:28 PM [Reply]
shooting bb gun at anyone is wrong but you all are trying to make a small thing into some into some big than it is. Did you ever thing there must be another reason their was not charges, like info that is not public knowledge too or me. and like I said before if you don't like living in the country side then move back to the city and stay out of country if you can't handle people with gun
#11.1 Anonymous on 10/21/08 at 06:54 AM [Reply]
So you DO THINK it's okay to shoot guns in areas zoned residential as long as You consider the area country side.

Once again population density is population density.

And since you don't seen to grasp that concept -- it means that houses are being built within 100 feet of each other. The number of people per sq mile increases depending on the number of houses built in the subdivision.

Once a subdivision goes in, it STOPS BEING COUNTRY SIDE AND BECOMES RESIDENTIAL.
#11.2 Anonymous on 10/21/08 at 09:54 AM [Reply]
The reason it doesn't show any charges is because "The incident remains under investigation." Once all the investigation is complete, I think charges will be filed. I lived in a subdivision in Bethlehem and yes I called the law on this one neighbor, but he was trespassing, had his deer stands on our property and would wake the dead up on Sunday mornings with his high powered rifle, could the cops do anything yes and no. The stands were removed by the game warden, their hateful signs were turned over to the law and in the end we moved out from there. Not because of them but because of other reasons.

Now we were told, because we like to shoot guns too, that as long as your 500 feet from a main road, on your own property and used COMMON sense you could shoot away. I think if you have more than 4 acres then yes you have enough area to set up a good shooting area, keeping in mind there is NO houses behind ya.

Now about this guy; I am sorry if this IDIOT shot my child with a BB gun that BB gun would be history.
#12 Boyd the BB Gun Addict on 04/30/15 at 11:21 AM [Reply]
It's a BB gun, true, but BB guns can be powerful and destructive, esp. on soft human tissue like the eye. The man needs to be arrested. And I'm saying this as a gun lover.
#13 Hmmm on 05/04/15 at 09:17 PM [Reply]
Why bless your heart, don't ya'll know there are rules and then are rules...

The rules for property use, business regulation and where guns can and can't be fired were developed by the relator Chairman, the airport BOC and their GOB Lawyer...

They can be twisted to fit the situation so their Kin, Kind and Caste can use the weight of the state to enforce or not based on relation...

Why, If law's were clear, concise and enforced across the board more then one of their kind would be under investigation...
#14 Well, Wail, Whale on 05/06/15 at 10:54 AM [Reply]
If this were my child bad things would happen to this dude.
#15 Thomas Jhonson on 10/25/15 at 02:45 AM [Reply]
I really appreciate the man who calls the police. because it's really dangerous.
#15.1 PBGuy on 11/16/16 at 06:00 AM [Reply]
Yes, agreed. Who knows how far the situation could have gone were it not for the bystanders who called the police. All guns, lethal or not, need to be treated with respect and maturity
#16 Adam@TheRateInc on 01/21/16 at 10:03 AM [Reply]
So what happen to the man who shot the son ? did he arrested
#17 Carl on 02/04/16 at 08:07 PM [Reply]
I wonder if charges were filed. Any gun, even a BB gun should be treated not as a toy but as a weapon that can seriously injure or even kill someone.
#17.1 Paintimpact on 08/05/16 at 05:17 PM [Reply]
I agree 100%. Guns mean serious business. Do not play around with guns..
#18 Best Reloading Press on 11/22/16 at 03:34 PM [Reply]
is he arrested?
#19 George Spencer on 06/03/17 at 04:22 PM [Reply]
Was there any follow-up to this story? Was he charged, arrested or convicted?
#20 Ben on 07/05/17 at 10:19 AM [Reply]
This happened in 2008. Now it's 2017 and we still have a problem with gun violence...
#21 Mighty Green on 08/14/17 at 04:57 PM [Reply]
I just realized this article was from 2008...it's a shame that stuff like this was happening back then and has just gotten much worse over the years.
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