ignorant people rant

I was working in the garage one day and heard something ping off my Dart. Waited, watched, and saw one BB ping off the windshield. The neighbor kid had a BB gun and was firing at a target 180 degrees from him to my car. BUT his backdrop was their garden shed.

I pulled him aside and showed him my damaged windshield but I couldn't stay upset at the kid. He was trying to do right, he just didn't understand the ricochet, and besides, my windshield is far from mint, anyways.

I gave him the lesson about guns that his parents should have given him.

Situations like the OP's frustrate the hell out of me, and I'm guilty of doing the same (and worse) as a stupid kid, but I usually try to chalk it up to ignorance. I'm just glad that they didn't hit your car!