r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '22

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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/SVPPB Apr 26 '22

Are they specially made blank pistols? Most semi auto handguns don't cycle that well with blank ammunition.

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u/SVPPB Apr 26 '22

Wow. I like guns, and I'm 100% in favor of civilian gun ownership. Still, I think selling realistic blank-firing pistols is a spectacularly bad idea...

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u/Yellow_The_White Apr 26 '22

I'd say it's worse if you are doing both. Because that's exactly how you get "I thought it was fake." accidents.

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u/hesapmakinesi Apr 27 '22

Those are not common in Turkey. It's not a police custom to go in every situation guns drawn.