How would you have reacted?

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by spareparts

keep the video camera handy(these kids have theirs ready for utube at any moment), keep your cool, don't lay a hand on a minor. If they get the rifle out again, take video and call wildlife. I don't know about Fl. law, but their breaking five or six SC laws($$$$$) shooting at that gator. If they start smarting off to you, start recording, you'll be suprised how fast they back off, especially the parents. Keep your cool and play it smart

X 2...be a shame to go to jail over the turd...

[nipper]

So did you whoop his azz or not?

[Road King Cole]

I think both the kid and mom should move back to their trailer park where they belong.

I bet if they did call the cops, they would have been on your side.

[Blue_Runner]

It would have been hard not to bust him upside his head.

[nipper]

OK, I am not at all knowledgeable about guns, but can a bullet really ricochet off of water?

[RidgeRunner]

Originally Posted by nipper

OK, I am not at all knowledgeable about guns, but can a bullet really ricochet off of water?

Definitely a big YES. I have seen it happen. You can hear the bullet singing as ricochets off the water, gator (whatever) the trajectory gets screwed up and the bullet will make a whizzing sound. Don't ask how I know.

[THEFERMANATOR]

A 22 long rifle doesn't have enough power behind it so it skips like a rock off of water. Larger calibers disintegrate on impact because of how fast they are going. I didn't hit the kid when I found out how old he was. The mom wanted to call the cops and I told her to. The kid wouldn't look me in the eyes so you could tell he was lying about shooting at the gator, and yes it's a big time felony down here to shoot at a gator(I've got an uncle that can tell you all about that one, 20 years probation over it). I talked to the property owner this morning and got things sorted out. I thought I was pretty calm in the situation all things considered, but of course the wife thought I was insane in how I handled it.