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Handgun Recoil Claims Life of 12 Year Old Boy
« on: October 18, 2004, 02:50:20 PM »
Go to http://www.lexingtonleader.com/story38.shtml and check the story.  The .454 should never be fired by someone so small.  I fired my son's .454 and it made me realize I don't need anything that large.  I am sorry for the parents of the boy but I smell a major lawsuit coming.  At the very least against the owner of the .454 Ruger Super Redhawk if not against Ruger and the manufacture of every large caliber handgun made(S&W and their .500 for an example).  Gees I can just hear what the Gun Control nuts are going to say.  Lawdog
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Re: Handgun Recoil Claims Life of 12 Year Old Boy
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2004, 03:31:08 PM »
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Go to http://www.lexingtonleader.com/story38.shtml and check the story.  The .454 should never be fired by someone so small.  I fired my son's .454 and it made me realize I don't need anything that large.  I am sorry for the parents of the boy but I smell a major lawsuit coming.  At the very least against the owner of the .454 Ruger Super Redhawk if not against Ruger and the manufacture of every large caliber handgun made(S&W and their .500 for an example).  Gees I can just hear what the Gun Control nuts are going to say.  Lawdog
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It is not the gun manufactures fault PERIOD.  :eek: The fault belongs on the adult that let the 12 year old shoot the gun.

I have a 454 Casull and a 500MAG and my son is 16 and I would not let him shot them, and he has been shooting handguns for 6 years now.
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2004, 07:26:13 PM »
This is a tragic story, if true.  I first read it on September 12, when a link to the Lexington Leader was posted on another site.  I haven't managed to find any other source confirming this story, and parts of it seem a little unlikely.  If it did happen, it must be heart breaking for the boy's parents.

At 12 years old, I was too big to borrow clothes from my dad anymore, being about 2 or 3" taller than him by then.  Many 12 year olds could handle the recoil safely, with instuction.  With the gun owner holding his hands over the 12 year old's hands to help control the recoil, this seems nearly impossible.  However, stranger things have happened, and if anyone has a link that doesn't trace back to the Lexington Leader, I'd like to read it.
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2004, 05:50:21 AM »
I have a Ruger SRH in 454 Casull and can totally understand how this happened.
The adult would have put his hands above the childs line of sight thinking that he could stop the recoil of the gun when it came up to his hands , not realizing that the child elbows may not have been locked or that he didn't have the strength to keep them locked when he fired the gun.
The barrel would have whipped upwards the gun would have come straight back towards the childs head resulting in the cuts on the adults hands as the barrel whipped just under them and hitting the child in the head.
Terrible accident but I don't see this was anybodys fault considering that the childs father OK'ed him to shoot the gun.
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2004, 06:35:28 AM »
You would think some one in the bunch would have had the common sense to stop that from happening, what a tragedy, Much grief will follow
this unfortunate incident. I feel for all the people envolved......Joe.....
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2004, 07:58:06 AM »
Someone made a post about it on huntingpa.com too.
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2004, 10:32:22 AM »
I`ve got 2 - .454`s. A Ruger and a Rageing Bull. The Rageing Bull I would have let him shoot if he could have held it up, but not the Ruger. The R.B. is so heavy and with the muzzle brake it has less recoil, by far, than my .44 mags. The Ruger, on the other hand, is bad enough that I warn people that that are used to shooting big bores to hang on tight. In fact it has more recoil than the .500 Smith I shot.
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2004, 12:26:24 PM »
I searched a couple websites to determine if this article is valid.  I found no results, so I have emailed the Lexington Leader.  When and if I receive a reply I will post it.
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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2004, 03:30:28 PM »
I live 20 miles from where this happened. It was a tragic accident and that is all. I don't anticipate any malice lawsuits against the gun manufacturer, because apparently the gun worked properly. Remember, this is Texas and kids shoot their father's guns all the time. It would be like suing General Motors or Ford for a motor vehicle accident. Lawsuits like that don't usually fly in Texas civil courts. I like to think we have common sense legislators and District Courts to put down such ridiculous things. But for some states, I see your concern. Now suing one of the actors in this incident is something totally different. That I could see.
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« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2004, 08:02:09 AM »
Truly unfortunate...
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« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2004, 12:28:32 PM »
This is tragic indeed, it also goes to show us that we need to really teach
kids that really have the desire to shoot whether it be handguns or rifles
on how much fun we have and just how dangerous it can be.
My sympathies and prayers go to the family.
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« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2004, 01:25:49 PM »
I just hope that our California Governor Arnold "girlie-girl" Schwarzenegger doesn't hear about this.  His next act would be a move to ban all handguns over a certain caliber(just like he did with all .50 BMG rifles).  Lawdog
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« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2004, 01:31:32 PM »
I just hope that our California Governor Arnold "girlie-girl" Schwarzenegger doesn't hear about this.  His next act would be a move to ban all handguns over a certain caliber(just like he did with all .50 BMG rifles).  Lawdog
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« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2004, 02:34:27 PM »
That is indeed a tragic incedent. We were shooting a few handguns a couple of weeks ago, and I asked my 16 yr old nephew if he wanted to shoot my 500 S&W. I thought he could handle it as he has shot my BH Colt 45 loaded pretty heavy. After seeing this article I'm glad he declined. He's pretty level headed and must have figured in his own mind he didn't want to deal with it, after watching others shoot it and witnessing recoil. His father was present at the time and am sure he would have let him shoot it if he desired. That article just kinda jolted me into what could have happened. Thanks for posting it.

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« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2004, 06:22:10 PM »
My sympathies to the family...Just shows you that even though you might think nothing can go wrong...theres always a chance..
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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2004, 06:58:06 PM »
A tragic event we all can learn from.
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« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2004, 09:43:18 AM »
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I searched a couple websites to determine if this article is valid.  I found no results, so I have emailed the Lexington Leader.  When and if I receive a reply I will post it.
Rick


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« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2004, 04:02:12 AM »
"The 12-year-old boy died.   The investigation was conducted by the Lee
County Sheriff's office in Giddings, Texas.  Their telephone number is
979-542-2800."  This is the reply sent the next day by the Lexington Leader.
After reading the post immediately following mine I did not post the newspaper's reply.
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