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[dragoneggs]

Yep nephew did that recently. Well actually his brother shot a nail and it hit a knot and ricocheted over and got him from about 8 feet away. At least it missed bone.
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Wow, I have never heard of a nail from a gun go flying from hitting a knot... that is scary.

 

[Gordon Gould]

When my son was at the sawmill he was working in the pallet shop one day and missed his mark with the nail gun. He drove a spike into his leg 2" above his knee. Some how and luckily he just nicked the bone as it slid by.

gg

 

[downsizingnow48]

Like most accidents more than one thing done wrong. First firing into a knot. You can see 95% of all knots and certainly the ones big enough to deflect a nail. Second, another worker was somewhere around the nail gun operator. Any nail gun operators manual will say, do not operate with other workers anywhere near. So that if something does go wrong, nobody is around to suffer the consequences. I have operated nail guns for decades and watched others too, I will say it is a dangerous tool that is often handled by ininformed and careless operators. The only way a nail gun can put a nail into your hand is if your hand is in front of the gun, which is probably the first caution in every owner's manual. Along with do not move around with your finger on the trigger.

 

[sodamo]

Yep nephew did that recently. Well actually his brother shot a nail and it hit a knot and ricocheted over and got him from about 8 feet away. At least it missed bone.
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Mine missed the bones as well.

 

[LD48750]

Like most accidents more than one thing done wrong. First firing into a knot. You can see 95% of all knots and certainly the ones big enough to deflect a nail. Second, another worker was somewhere around the nail gun operator. Any nail gun operators manual will say, do not operate with other workers anywhere near. So that if something does go wrong, nobody is around to suffer the consequences. I have operated nail guns for decades and watched others too, I will say it is a dangerous tool that is often handled by ininformed and careless operators. The only way a nail gun can put a nail into your hand is if your hand is in front of the gun, which is probably the first caution in every owner's manual. Along with do not move around with your finger on the trigger.

We NEED to have comprehensive background checks, training, & licensing before anyone is allowed access to nail guns.

 

[Alan W.]

We NEED to have comprehensive background checks, training, & licensing before anyone is allowed access to nail guns.

Yes
But lets not stop there.
First ban the high capacity mags. No one needs more than 10 nails at once. This will decrease the spray and pray I got it fastened mentality
The bump fire guns will be confiscated. These are the guns of choice for gangbanger construction crews.
The founding fathers never intended for us to have semi automatic nail guns. They had no way of foreknowing the high rate of construction these guns are capable of.

 

[Ford850]

Obviously anything more than a hammer should be banned. Not all hammers are acceptable either. Synthetic handles are intended for assault, and therefore should be banned. Only traditional wood handled hammers should be allowed, but cannot be concealed.

 

[sodamo]

Single nail capacity only!!!!
And no claw hammers. Any nail removal must be done by a non destructive, benign device with a non threatening name.

 

[MoArk Willy]

Ever heard of pulmonary - (some medical condition)?

What the **** does that have to do with anything?

 

[MoArk Willy]

Wow, I have never heard of a nail from a gun go flying from hitting a knot... that is scary.

Happens all the time. And often when a nail hits a knot it curves right back out. If you are holding the piece too close to the nailer it easily can go into your hand.
In fact there are over 37,000 nail gun injuries every year. The only thing more dangerous are ladders.