Off Topic: Banned BB Gun Study

Let me guess, one of them shot the others eye out.

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Lee Michaels said:

"I was really disappointed," Woodard said. "We had a good point to prove."

Points:

€ I agree children should not use BB guns without adult supervision

€ yup, sounds like the people's republic of MA

€ If the gell was prepared correctly, they would have of course found
BB's suck in gell and are lousy performers, which would of course proved
quite the reverse of their "point"

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Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

Lee Michaels said:

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - Two eighth-graders who spent months working on a
science project to prove how dangerous BB guns can be were disqualified from
the state middle school science fair. The reason for the dismissal: BB guns
are too dangerous.

I my youth, I was shot in hand with a pump BB gun. I was wearing
leather gloves and the BB did not break the skin. 🙂

Just thought that you might want to know.

I expect that most serious injuries occur with eye injuries. Safety
glasses of some type should be required gear. And, the CO2 powered BB
guns are likely to be the most danagerous of all.

Just my opinion, but I am right as usual.

PS: The science brats were too stupid to read the rules. 🙂

What a bunch of whiners. They should have cleared the project before
hand. Boohoo. They need an ass kicking.

Lee Michaels said:

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - Two eighth-graders who spent months working on a
science project to prove how dangerous BB guns can be were disqualified from
the state middle school science fair. The reason for the dismissal: BB guns
are too dangerous.

Nathan C. Woodard and Nathaniel A. Gorlin-Crenshaw spent seven months
researching and testing their hypothesis that BB guns can be deadly and
should not be used by children.

The students spent about $200 on ballistics gelatin, which has the same
density and consistency as human flesh, to use during their tests.

Nancy G. Degon, vice president of Massachusetts State Science Fair Inc. and
co-chair of the middle-school fair, said fair rules prohibit hazardous
substances and devices.

"The scientific review committee does not consider science projects
involving firearms to be safe for middle school students," Degon said.

The boys were invited to present their findings to some judges and receive a
certificate of accomplishment, but they rejected the offer because they were
not allowed to compete.

"I was really disappointed," Woodard said. "We had a good point to prove."