Natural selection in my part of the USA would have prevented this. This individual would have been bitten by a rattlesnake by the light of the moon and his carcass eaten by wild hogs. iD10T for certain.
The police shot that guy for picking up an air rifle off the shelf while shopping in Walmart. Thank god for Internet shopping!
Still, if you are going to get shot by the police for having an air rifle, a hospital is probably the best place to be so there is some method to his madness.