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Quite simple. Eye = verrrrry squishy. Bb pellet (plastic or metal) = resilient. When resilient thing is propelled by compressed air into squishy thing, bad things happen to the squishy thing.
Ok. I guess I ment if a BB gun taking out your eye realistic? Or is it the same as like a back fire of a gun? If so how come we never hear it talked about with modern stuff?
For the most part, bb guns and pellet guns have been replaced with nerf guns.
Nerf darts are designed to bounce off eyeballs.
Growing up, I had a compact pneumatic dart gun that fired actual darts with needle tips. Those could definitely have taken out an eye, and are likely a controlled weapon today.
Because why do a news report about a bb gun incident when they can replay the same actual gun violence happening?