Firing a Gun into the Air 3232 Responses

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• benfal99

  

  
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  Where does the bullets go? Can they hurt people when coming down?

  Mar 18, 11, 2:12 p.m. – Permalink

• BonSeff

  goggle it

  • or google, whichever– BonSeff1/2

    I prefer Goggle.– dskz2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:13 p.m. – Permalink

• benfal99

  

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:13 p.m. – Permalink

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  they go up, and then they come down. yes they can hurt people.

  what.

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:15 p.m. – Permalink

• jfletcher

  yes, they could technically kill someone I believe... it's a small piece of metal flying at a terminal velocity. Not sure.

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:16 p.m. – Permalink

• abettertomorrow

  Seems like they do this alot in Middle East
  Can't be that dangerous

  • *fires gun in air– abettertomorrow

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:18 p.m. – Permalink

• maquito

  http://answers.yahoo.com/questio…

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:18 p.m. – Permalink

• armsbottomer

  yes, its also possible to calculate approximately where it will land. (parabolic trajectory)

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:20 p.m. – Permalink

• PonyBoy

  we have this law here in AZ... a little girl caught a stray bullet playing in her backyard...

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha…

  • 14 yr old girl... young... not little...
    
    ... not really important :)– PonyBoy

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:22 p.m. – Permalink

• benfal99

  In Middle East everyone is firing their AK-47 like crazy to celebrate... They must have hurt some people one day or another.

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:26 p.m. – Permalink

• MikeColdFusion

  on new years eve the thing to do in my neighborhood (and a lot of places from what I hear) is to shoot in to the air. I was sitting on my back porch and I could hear the bullets whiz back down. They whistle. Last year my friend had one go through his window and end up on his bed.

  • USA and Middle East are doing this? How funny.– benfal99

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:31 p.m. – Permalink

• abettertomorrow

  Humans don't give a shit

  • They'll do what they want– abettertomorrow

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:32 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Third world problem.

  • not really. ever been to the hood on new years or the sticks on the 4th of july?– shellie1/3

    haha, it was just a joke shellie... nice weather out, huh?– monospaced2/3

    its so nice, its almost hot out. what you doin this weekend? Hollrrrrrrrr– shellie3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:47 p.m. – Permalink

• mrghost

  mythbusters episode on this question

  • <– mtgentry1/2

    <– jtb262/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:50 p.m. – Permalink

• abettertomorrow

  

  • haha– benfal991/3

    who did this– usrper2/3

    who did what? that is real.– refunktion3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 2:54 p.m. – Permalink

• moldero

  new years eve in the US, a lot of people outside
  new years eve in Mexico, only American tourists are outside

  this shit you hear down here on new years eve is insane, not only do you hear uzi's, M16's and unmistakable sound of the AK47, but you hear shit like this M60 going off:
  

  

  pretty insane, a lot of stories of people getting hit down here just from firing in the sky

  • Geezz, culture clash over here– benfal991/2

    i was outside under a metal shelter last NYE, all the mexicans "get inside pinchi gringo"– moldero2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 3:17 p.m. – Permalink

• omg

  the bullet can fall gracefully down back to the earth and poke you in the eye, causing severe squinting.

  • heh– fugged

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 3:17 p.m. – Permalink

• formed

  CSI dedicated an entire episode to this...I think it was CSI, one of those solve'em shows

  • yep– doesnotexist1/2

    law and order i think. great episode.– Chief2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 3:20 p.m. – Permalink

• Fax_Benson

  Once the bullet stops it's upward trajectory, and assuming it flew straight up, it's just the same as if you were letting it go from your fingers - it has no form of propulsion other than gravity. Therefore it all depends on how heavy the bullet is and how high up it got.

  So, to answer whether it hurts or not - fuck knows.

  • < correct answer.– reinitialize1/6

    1 mile of pure acceleration downward? Yeah, that'd hurt just a tad.– formed2/6

    the bullet would hurt just as bad as if it was dropped from a 5 story building or 100 story.– reinitialize3/6

    it's like hailstones - the bigger, the heavier, the faster, the hurtier.– Fax_Benson4/6

    WRONG all objects fall at the same speed regardless of weight. terminal velocity is dependent on their shape.– Nightshade5/6

    nightshade is on the ball.– jaylarson6/6

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 3:24 p.m. – Permalink

• M_C_P

  this sounds like a job for mythbusters

  • hahah– MHDC

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 4:11 p.m. – Permalink

• honest

  • I was looking for that scene when he got shot in the head– moldero

  

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  Dog-earMar 18, 11, 4:15 p.m. – Permalink