Post Man shot with air rifle in Finglas

connundrum

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0714/anpost.html

Heard about this on the news. I know that there are a lot of things going on, but this is taking the piss. Now we've to start issuing bullet-proof vests to Posties?!

Up till now all they had to worry about was rabid dogs and randy housewives.

Fuckin scum

lala stone

It was only a pellet gun

mike65

No post for you lot either until the little scrote is turned in.

engrish?

lala stone wrote: »

It was only a pellet gun

I dont care if it was a potato gun or just some little dirt bag with some chewed paper and a straw. It would make me hate my job and feel intimidated in work since you cant retaliate against the little c*nt

KTRIC

lala stone wrote: »

It was only a pellet gun

Air rifle / pellet gun is more or less the same thing. Both shoot 4.5mm metal slugs and can cause a lot of damage.

I have an air pistol myself and its fairly lethal.

ShooterSF

KTRIC wrote: »

Air rifle / pellet gun is more or less the same thing. Both shoot 4.5mm metal slugs and can cause a lot of damage.

I have an air pistol myself and its fairly lethal.

Way to get caught :rolleyes:

Degsy

KTRIC wrote: »

Air rifle / pellet gun is more or less the same thing. Both shoot 4.5mm metal slugs and can cause a lot of damage.

I have an air pistol myself and its fairly lethal.

Balls.
Most air pistols wouldnt penetrate a peice of cardboard at 10 feet.
Lethal my arse...

thelordofcheese

KTRIC wrote: »

Air rifle / pellet gun is more or less the same thing. Both shoot 4.5mm metal slugs and can cause a lot of damage.

I have an air pistol myself and its fairly lethal.

Stay where you are TheCitizen will be along shortly to unleash law and order upon you.

Law and order being the names he has given his left and right fists.

whadabouchasir

connundrum wrote: »

Up till now all they had to worry about randy housewives.

Why would you worry about randy houswives?surely it's one of the perks of the job.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Just give the Governor OP a "Hurrumph" and move on.

DubMedic

lala stone wrote: »

It was only a pellet gun

Yeah , and it was only Six Million Jews too.

.

Splinter

ShooterSF wrote: »

Way to get caught :rolleyes:

says a guy called Shooter..

Degsy

DubMedic wrote: »

Yeah , and it was only Six Million Jews too.

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Got proof of that figure?

José Alaninho

Degsy wrote: »

Balls.
Most air pistols wouldnt penetrate a peice of cardboard at 10 feet.
Lethal my arse...

A .177 calibre piece of lead flying at around 1000 feet per second won't do any damage? You've obviously never been shot with one... :rolleyes:

thelordofcheese

Degsy wrote: »

Got proof of that figure?

oh christ, not this shit again.

connundrum

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Just give the Governor OP a "Hurrumph" and move on.

The news report said the Postie was wearing rain gear, and the pellet penetrated the raincoat and shirt, lodging under the skin. Had to be removed in hospital.

Not 'grave danger' damage, still a nasty shock though.

Degsy

José Alaninho wrote: »

A .177 calibre piece of lead flying at around 1000 feet per second won't do any damage? You've obviously never been shot with one... :rolleyes:

No,but i've shot with them and unless you get somebody in the eye its unlikely to do more than raise a bump and its certainly not "lethal".
.177 is a pussy calibre for air anyway,real men shoot .22

ShooterSF

thelordofcheese wrote: »

oh christ, not this shit again.

Postie get's shot with air rifle to holocaust debate in less than a page. One of AH's greatest positives

DubMedic

Degsy wrote: »

Got proof of that figure?

Nope. It's a dead issue i'm afraid.

.

KTRIC

ShooterSF wrote: »

Way to get caught :rolleyes:

Get caught doing what ??

Degsy wrote: »

Balls.
Most air pistols wouldnt penetrate a peice of cardboard at 10 feet.
Lethal my arse...

I think you're getting them confused with "airsoft" :rolleyes:

Trust me, I shoot you with an air rifle / pistol and you're going to hospital to get some patching up.

José Alaninho

Degsy wrote: »

.177 is a pussy calibre for air anyway,real men shoot .22

It must be said - this is true

Still fúckin dangerous tho - and no bloody skanger should be in possession of either!

thelordofcheese

ShooterSF wrote: »

Postie get's shot with air rifle to holocaust debate in less than a page. One of AH's greatest positives

It's like godwins law on steroids.

Captain Chaos

KTRIC wrote: »

Air rifle / pellet gun is more or less the same thing. Both shoot 4.5mm metal slugs and can cause a lot of damage.

I have an air pistol myself and its fairly lethal.

Afraid not, the media 99.9% of the time cannot tell the difference between an air rifle and an airsoft gun. One fires metal 4.5mm pointed slugs and the other plastic 6mm balls which won't break skin. People tend to lump them together under the collective name of pellet guns.

One you need a firearms licence for, the other you don't.

ShooterSF

KTRIC wrote: »

Get caught doing what ??

You admitted to having an air rifle, the postie was shot with one therefore you had to have done it.
(It was a joke)

Kintarō Hattori

whadabouchasir wrote: »

Why would you worry about randy houswives?surely it's one of the perks of the job.

Somewhere else perhaps. In Finglas? Noooooo.........

KTRIC

ShooterSF wrote: »

You admitted to having an air rifle, the postie was shot with one therefore you had to have done it.
(It was a joke)

I have one and I don't need a licence for it. If I shot the local postie I'd have the f*cking Polizei outside my house within minutes in riot gear.

Willkommen zu Freistaat Bayern

ShooterSF

KTRIC wrote: »

I have one and I don't need a licence for it. If I shot the local postie I'd have the f*cking Polizei outside my house within minutes in riot gear.

Willkommen zu Freistaat Bayern

You're in Germany? :eek:
Then...You not only shot the postie but those 6 million jews that guy was on about earlier!!
ShooterSF, the crime solving dog.

General Zod

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Somewhere else perhaps. In Finglas? Noooooo.........

Noone wants the milkman's sloppy seconds.

KTRIC

ShooterSF wrote: »

You're in Germany? :eek:
Then...You not only shot the postie but those 6 million jews that guy was on about earlier!!
ShooterSF, the crime solving dog.

Damn you pesky kids :mad:

Rumbled again !!!

CreepingDeath

connundrum wrote: »

Post Man shot with air rifle in Finglas

A classic case of "shooting the messenger" if you ask me.

I reckon someone doesn't like getting household bills delivered to them.

DubMedic

* Awaits Sharpshooter's guilty plea/witty answer to thread *

.

whadabouchasir

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Somewhere else perhaps. In Finglas? Noooooo.........

I can see that you have standards.Abandon them,you'll get nowhere with standards.

neil_hosey

i remember shooting an air rifle away in poland. From about 50 yards, it went through an empty can of beer no problem. Ive no doubt that would hurt like ****!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

KTRIC wrote: »

I have one and I don't need a licence for it. If I shot the local postie I'd have the f*cking Polizei outside my house within minutes in riot gear.

Willkommen zu Freistaat Bayern

Aren't we trying to ban Paintball....?:pac:

MizzLolly

DubMedic wrote: »

* Awaits Sharpshooter's guilty plea/witty answer to thread *

:rolleyes:

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Why the roll eyes?

DubMedic

MizzLolly wrote: »

Why the roll eyes?

Mis-used, one does apologise.

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Kintarō Hattori

whadabouchasir wrote: »

I can see that you have standards.Abandon them,you'll get nowhere with standards.

I thank you for your concern sir, much appreciated. They've guided me well so far. I'm doing ok.

Degsy

neil_hosey wrote: »

i remember shooting an air rifle away in poland. From about 50 yards, it went through an empty can of beer no problem. Ive no doubt that would hurt like ****!

Big diference in velocity between an air rifle and an air pistol,the postie was shot with a pistol..for which you need a firearms certificatete although its far less dangerous than a rifle..
The kid when caught can,and should go to prison..i'm sure the cops know well who he is.

ScumLord

Degsy wrote: »

Big diference in velocity between an air rifle and an air pistol,the postie was shot with a pistol..

Ah just one more thing sir, the police report says nothing about the postman being shot with a pistol. The newspaper reports an "air or pellet gun", now how could you know that he was shot with pistol, how could you know sir, unless you where there?


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TheDoc

If it did infact penetrate his raingear and uniform then it was a high powered air rifle/pistol.

They cant tell if it was one or the other till he is actually caught, so they dont know if it was a pistol or rifle, until the individual and the item is retrieved.

My dad himself is a postman and I'm an airsofter. Their rain gear is a very thick heavy wax jacket, so it would take something phenomenal to penetrate.

If you own an "air rifle" you DO need a license for it, unless it shoots under one joule, in which case its airsoft, or if it shoots anything metal, its ****e.

If you have anything that shoots metal anything, at any distance or pace, you need a license, thats a ****ing fact...

I believe this is going to be discussed on Joe Duffy show in a bit, and I'll be tearing my hair out no doubt as they mix it up with airsoft as usual.

amaughan

iv been tagged with AIRSOFT rifles and AIRSOFT pistols at ranges as close as a foot ,one of which was in the face at a meter away.only lumps and a bit of redness no skin penetration in anyway.this leads me to say with an educated assumption that it was an air gun firing metal slugs.these do indeed need a fire arms license.if/when this person is caught i do hope the the media clarify that it was not airsoft but unfurtunatly i cant see that happening.

ScumLord

amaughan wrote: »

if/when this person is caught i do hope the the media clarify that it was not airsoft but unfurtunatly i cant see that happening.

In fairness to them at no point do they claim it's an airsoft device.

blingBabe

I have been shot with air pistols before while working in wexford. They do penetrate the skin or at least did in my case. It was at a range of about three meters and went through a hi-viz, a jumper and a tee shirt. It hurt!!

Sir Molle

Ban airsoft.

amaughan

ScumLord wrote: »

In fairness to them at no point do they claim it's an airsoft device.

agreed but we always get branded with the same stick.(pelletgun)= illegal
(airsoft gun)= legal

amaughan

Sir Molle wrote: »

Ban airsoft.

and why would you suggest a ban on airsoft.

mathie

CreepingDeath wrote: »

A classic case of "shooting the messenger" if you ask me.

I reckon someone doesn't like getting household bills delivered to them.

This comment took almost two pages?
AH has gone to sh|te!

José Alaninho

Sir Molle wrote: »

Ban airsoft.

Whooooaaaaa...... now hold on a minute!

*awaits invasion from airsoft forum*

marco murphy

Sir Molle wrote: »

Ban airsoft.

Nothing to do with airsoft

Degsy

ScumLord wrote: »

Ah just one more thing sir, the police report says nothing about the postman being shot with a pistol. The newspaper reports an "air or pellet gun", now how could you know that he was shot with pistol, how could you know sir, unless you where there?


http://www.tvder60er.de/bilder/columbo.jpg

Actually mea culpa..i assumed for some reason it was a pistol but i'm probably wrong.
A pistol wont penetrate clothes unless you're standing a couple of feet away in which case the postie wouldve seen the kid,you could probably break the skin with a rifle fro 30 or so feet.
Anyway,kids running around thinking they can do this shiit is unnaceptable and i hope the little bollox is caught.

Sir Molle

amaughan wrote: »

and why would you suggest a ban on airsoft.

People quite obviously can't be trusted with them and they're pretty scary looking. Why make it easier from criminals to get their hands on perfect look a likes?