This would not be much of a story, except for a couple of points. These idiot kids had taken the orange safety tips off the ends of these guns. In doing so they put themselves in direct line of fire from the Key West police department, *cough, cough* marksmen. An incident a few days ago on Stock Island, where a man brandishing an air rifle was subdued by not the Sherrif Dept, who were too busy (?), but good old KWPD has no doubt stressed their unusually incompetent talents to breaking point. He is very lucky to have survived. As are these kids. But then neither of them were in a vehicle, so they were luckier than you would first think. Read on.
Anyone who has been here more than a few years will not have forgotten the famous KWPD vs Pick-up truck shoot-out, in front of Sloppy Joes. The details are a bit fuzzy, but as I recall there was a slow speed chase between ALL the members of KWPD and a young couple in a pick-up. Eventually this farce, sped its way at all of 10 mph, down Duval Street, where the local SWAT (I kid you not) had set up a road block of sorts. Well, and here is the birth of a legend, apparently one member of this genius squad thought they saw a gun in the cab of the truck, and so the cops let 'er rip. Several smoking guns and bullet riddled walls later, it was discovered that among about 100 rounds fired, not a single one had hit the cab of the truck!
And so the legend of the safest place to be when stopped and fired on by KWPD is in your vehicle, was born.
Heres the rest of the BB story. Its amazing to think that the Tattoo Shops are still not allowed to open but this shit is happily sold alongside shiteous Tshirts and throwing knives.
The business was planned to be predominately a custom T-shirt shop, with a small offering of air guns, Robinson said. But they were an instant hit, with the first dozen selling out the first weekend, he said, adding that now he barely can keep them in stock. "They've pretty much taken over the store," Robinson said, explaining kids use them to play the equivalent of dodgeball, and the end of Government Road is a popular battleground. "I certainly understand [the Police Department's] concerns and know this is certainly controversial, but we don't sell to kids. "This is a sport," he said, "a hobby and no more dangerous than football or baseball." What can you shoot, legally? "Targets, that's about it," said Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Becky Herrin, adding that if anyone shoots a person, an animal or property, they could face criminal charges. Officers did not charge the two suspects in the Petronia Street shooting, and reports didn't say why they released the 13- and 14-year-olds to their families. "If you shoot someone with a BB gun, you could be charged with battery or aggravated battery, but it's difficult, because being a law enforcement officer, if a misdemeanor offense doesn't occur in your presence, you have to refer it to the State Attorney's Office," Herrin explained, speaking in general because she was not familiar with the Key West police case. Hannan's father told officers he initially saw the kids firing the BB guns at power lines, but then turned to see the guns pointed at them from behind a fence that separates Petronia Street from the Robert Gabriel public housing apartments. That's when his daughter was hit in the back, he said. Hannan declined medical treatment, but officers said she was very upset, and remarked that her family, who have been coming to Key West for 10 years, is reluctant to return after the incident. Robinson said the majority of his customers are local kids ages 12 to 17, who purchase the guns with a supervising adult, of whom the store requires an ID.
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