Today a four year old was accidentally shot by his 14 year old cousin with what they are calling a BB gun. I guess it could be one of those .177 pellet guns you pump up and will also shoot BBs.
This happened near Freeport which is the area I grew up in.
They first treated him at Bay Medical Center then flew him to Shands in Gainesville. He is said to be in critical condition.
I sure hope he is OK.
When my cousin was a kid he was running with a BB gun, tripped, and shot himself in the head. BB went through his temple and bounced around a couple of times and came to rest in his speech center. Couldn’t talk for a couple of days but he came out of it perfectly fine.
Doctors removed a portion of his skull to relieve the swelling. He just had skin covering his brain for a few months. He discovered if he grunted he could make the skin bulge out. Drove his mother crazy.