She is Expected to be OK

A Los Angeles television reporter was struck in the hand by a BB gun pellet Saturday afternoon while delivering a live weather report, officials said.

Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting, Fontana police told The Los Angeles Times.

Yes, I suppose you could conceivably kill someone with a BB gun. If you were to swing it by the barrel and repeatedly strike them on the head, for example.

... Police arrested two boys, ages 16 and 17, for assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony, KABC said. The boys, whose names were not released, were released to their parents.

Uh, so which is it?
Are the police trying to cover all eventualities or is this simply the media doing it's usual bang-up job.

How about just laughing the matter off or, if you're really peeved, chasing the ruffians them around the block shouting empty threats? Well, no. Can't be too cautious: they may have also had slingshots.

Thankfully,  we read:

KABC-TV Channel 7 reporter Leanne Suter was taken to a hospital after she was hit about 6 p.m. while standing on Summit Avenue near Interstate 15, KABC said, adding she is expected to be OK.

And, naturally, the Sheriff's department was mobilised:

Police, with the assistance of a San Bernardino Sheriff's Department helicopter, pinpointed a house possibly involved. Officers found several BB guns inside the house, KABC said.

No word on whether the SWAT team was called out too.

On a camping vacation many long years ago, my dear old Dad bought me a Daisy BB rifle and I spent a week tramping around the woods, shooting holes in leaves, trying to ping empty cans and the like. After returning to suburban New Jersey, I gave up trying to potshot squirrels in the back yard, and the rifle languished for decades in some damp corner of the cellar.
Until recently. My mother, trying to reduce a half century's worth of useless stuff, came upon my trusty Red Rider and panicked! You see it is now a felony to possess such an unlicensed weapon in that state too.
Rest assured, several lawyers have been retained and we are researching all options and I feel certain that we can come to some accord with the ATF and NJ Firearms and Compressed Air Authority that will not require excessive jail time.

These are the times in which we live.