Shoot Chuck Faucett in the Face.

Found this blog written by Brady Doty.(http://www.doty.nu/wordpress/) We were in 6th grade together about 25 years ago. I was the shooter.


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in my old neighborhood in springfield we used to have a lot of bb gun fights..

we all had bb guns and after a while we figured out cans and army men and other little targets were just far too hard to hit..

we found it easier to shoot each other..

most of the guns we had would not break the skin from more than about 10 feet so it wasn't really as dangerous as it sounds..

at least that's what we thought until someone shot chuck faucett in the eye..

i don't remember who shot him - i remember he was up in a tree shooting down at some of us and before i could even raise my gun he was yelling something about getting shot in the eye.. it was kind of like one of those battle scenes from a bad vietnam movie where everything slows down and you hear a slow, growling, guttural voice bellowing "ahhhhhmmm hiiiiiiiiiiit.. aaaaaahhhhhmmm hiiiiiiit"..

this is where you'd expect to hear me issue a public service announcement about how chuck lost his eye that day and we should all remind our children to be more careful with firearms of any caliber and blah blah blah..

well.. he didn't lose an eye.. he gained a bb..

the shot just missed his eyeball and sunk in deep behind it.. and it's still there..

they told him it would be too dangerous to try to take it out and it wouldn't hurt anything to leave it.. so there it sits..

so the real lesson for the kids is this..

if you're going to shoot your friends in the face with a bb gun, aim for the bridge of the nose..

that way, when you miss a little, there's a chance your shot will slip nicely in behind the eyeball, providing your friend a lovely reminder of your time together.."