Houston, 1 dead, 2 wounded from pellet gun

[Ericstac]

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HOUSTON – A mother of four who was well known and loved in her north Houston community was found shot to death Wednesday morning and police are looking for her killer.

[OldCurlyWolf]

Pellet guns are not toys. The upper end Benjamins and Sheridans in .20 and .22 caliber are about as potent as a .22 cal rifle, especially at close range.

[TexasCajun]

Wow! We used to play tag with BB guns when I was a kid. You could load those with either BB's or pellets, but we always used BB's because the pellets hurt a lot more. Some days I find it amazing that I even survived childhood....

[puma guy]

Very tragic. Airguns are weapons as this incident shows. I was at my cousins shop yesterday and he showed me his air rifle, which shoots a 30 gr pellet about 950 fps.
Lewis and Clark used them on their trek to explore and map America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pqFyKh-rUI

[Jumping Frog]

Wow! We used to play tag with BB guns when I was a kid.

Yeah, but those old Daisy air rifles were doing 350-400 fps. The new Gamo and other high end air rifles are doing 1400 fps with PBA ammo.

[philip964]

http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Charges- ... 89011.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This might explain why the pellet gun was so deadly. Its near the bottom.