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Heartland Patriot wrote:WHOA! I think some of you guys are acting like I'm calling you out or something...not so. I personally would NEVER fire a gun into the air like that because it violates a gun safety rule, period. What I was getting at (I believe) was understood by jimlongley, but I'm just looking at it from a physics/math/ballistics sort of angle. I'm NOT the guy who fired any of those bullets into the air...so, go find THOSE people and jump on THEM.

The angle will depend on the individual gun and ballistics. Bottom line, if the bullet is shot at a high enough angle, the energy pushing the projectile will bleed off and all that will be left is the weight of the bullet falling from the sky like it was dropped. If the angle is lower and the energy is still left in the bullet from being fired, then it will still have a VERY great chance of penetrating something and killing you. Just ask the woman who was in her RV at Texas Motor Speedway back in 2008 and got hit by a 50 BMG round that came through the roof, through her arm and lodged in the wall of the RV http://startelegram.typepad.com/crime_t ... -mans.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=19948" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A random bullet apparently fired in celebration of New Years crashed through the roof of a Pleasant Grove (Mesquite) area home. I have a friend who lives in Garland and he used to record the gunfire on NYE every year. The shooting would last a good 35 - 45 minutes from about 23:55 to 00:30 or longer. You could hear fireworks also, but there is no mistaking the sound of gunfire. Can't believe the stupidity of so many gun owners.

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