Cops and loud music draws gunfire at campground
Just when you've think you heard it all. http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-sheriff-shooting-20130827,0,303511.story
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And remember, this was all in dispute of the post claiming that a bullet "shot in the air" will retain 75% of its muzzle velocity. It certainly does not.
Firing a gun "in the air" is dangerous because it is not fired straight up. If the angle is low enough (and it doesn't have to be all that low) the bullet will retain enough velocity on the downward arc to be dangerous.
And I do stand corrected. Mythbusters did fire a bullet straight up, from a vice. But, it did not come straight down. Every little breeze pushed the bullet away from a straight downward path.
Firing a gun "in the air" is dangerous because it is not fired straight up. If the angle is low enough (and it doesn't have to be all that low) the bullet will retain enough velocity on the downward arc to be dangerous.
And I do stand corrected. Mythbusters did fire a bullet straight up, from a vice. But, it did not come straight down. Every little breeze pushed the bullet away from a straight downward path.
