Good Reason To Vape #4: Not likely to set off a bullet.

At the intersection of childhood curiosity and incompetent parenting we find a story about a 12 year old boy injuring himself when he ignites a .22 caliber bullet with a cigarette lighter.

From thevindicator.com:

Deputy Hobson stated that upon interviewing the young man as to how he got injured from the bullet, the young boy told Dep. Hobson that he had held a cigarette lighter under a .22 caliber bullet to see what would happen. The bullet exploded sending bullet fragments through his left middle finger and lodging in the left eye lid.

The obvious questions arise. 1: What kind of parent lets their 12 year old child play with bullets? And 2: What kind of parents lets their 12 year old child play with a cigarette lighter? Or, if we want to be generous, we can ask a third question: What kind of parent leaves bullets and cigarette lighters lying around where a 12 year old child might get a hold of them?

The good news is that the boy did not suffer any vision damage or significant injury.

Maybe someone should switch to electronic cigarettes and a taser so that this doesn’t happen again?