Thread: Air Rifle Kills Teenager

Yup, the article is a bit out of date now that the autopsy has been done. The pellet went in between two ribs and nicked the heart.

There's pamphlets the Police have my local airgun club distribute to new shooters, explaining what they can and can't do. Howick Air Rifle Club here.

What they were doing was on the face of it, safe enough and legal (unless the tin cans were being rested on top of the fence line). It's just the shooters broke the cardinal rule and someone went forward of the shooting line while there was a loaded firearm.

And that lesson can only be drummed into people, either via a club shoot, or shooting with an experienced shooter.