How would you have reacted?

[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.

[spareparts]

you know, there's an episode of Blue Collar Comedy somewhere in this story

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by spareparts

you know, there's an episode of Blue Collar Comedy somewhere in this story

As Ron White would say "You can't fix stupid".