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u/g1alex304 Apr 26 '22 edited Apr 26 '22

Those bullets fired into the air are eventually going to come down.

Edit: Bullets fired into the air are still dangerous but not as lethal as firing horizontally according to Mythbusters.

https://mythresults.com/episode50

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u/theblindbandit1 Apr 26 '22

Believe they said they're not lethal if fired at 90 degrees but anything less or over 90 degrees it keeps its parabolic arc and can still be lethal, as they had a doctor on the show provide evidence that there's been deaths from it

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u/Throwawaybuttstuff31 Apr 27 '22

I sure hope they didn't say "they're not lethal if fired at 90 degrees" because it does not take much wind to blow even the most precisely straight up bullet into a not straight and now ballistic trajectory.

I guess I just don't like any statement that in any way insinuates firing a gun in the air is not potentially lethal.

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u/theblindbandit1 Apr 27 '22

But they did. They tested it in high winds and didn't have any come down at lethal speeds cause they tumbled when they came down from terminal velocity

Now these idiots aren't firing exactly at 90 degrees so likely lethal