This is the only thing that can explain the practice of celebratory gunfire. Actually, some people get hurt or killed from this now and then.
Seriously, shooting a gun into the air can have bad consequences. A falling bullet can travel at a velocity sufficient to penetrate human skin. Shooting into the air simply to celebrate is something only a moron would do.
On the Mississippi River levee in places such as Gramercy and Lutcher (north of New Orleans) the celebrants have Christmas Eve bonfires. This is more safe and sane; and beautiful to behold!
8 comments:
What a stupid practice.
The Darwin Awards at work.
Yeah, it's pretty stupid!
A really stupid practice that may kill or maim others.
It is a stupid practice, and I'm quite sure that a person who is inebriated shooting into the air has no idea of the consequences. Thanks for the post, and have a safe and happy 2015, Angel.
we have it in texas, too. and, yes, folks have been killed by it. i'm not looking forward to the neighbors' fireworks and gunfire this evening. they were already testing their stuff two nights ago.
If I'm remembering the numbers correctly, a pistol has a typical velocity of 700 fps(feet per second) going up. Gravity will bring the bullet back down at 400 fps. All it takes is 200 fps to penetrate the human skull.
I remember being at a New Year's Party, and the host fired a pistol up in the air. The police came to visit just as I was lighting a silver king. They weren't interested in hauling me in/
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