DS was aimed to with an air gun by a kid when he was 14m old, the pellet hit an inch from his head. There were no other mothers at the park at that moment but other teenagers who shoe the kid away, I just took DS away as fast as I could, didn't ring the police because in a previous accident they told me their hands were tied with regards to children.
Every time I hear this sort of news I get livid at what could have happened. The only thing I regret when I see the possible consequences of such acts, is not going straight to the kid and give him a good smacking (here talking the woman who has never hit somebody, not even in primary school), I would happily go to prison for a while in order to teach those stupid parents who buy the guns that they are not toys and no children (or adult) can be trusted with such "toy".