Gun Shots

[demOcrat11]

So I dont know what it is around my neighborhood but people like to fire off shots in the "air" when midnight strikes is that a problem?

[NutmegYankee]

1. Really stupid

The bullets do come back to earth. That is incredibly irresponsible.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Nothing new.

Stay indoors.

[RC]

3. Preferably in the basement, so the bullets have more stuff to penetrate to get to you.

Sometimes the roof and the Sheetrock ceiling aren't enough.

[Brickbat]

4. "is that a problem?"

Beyond a problem. It's illegal.

[fadedrose]

5. I heard a couple, it's okay, just a few shots, one gun it sounded like...nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. It's a problem.

When I was a kid one came through the wall of my bedroom.

No one was hurt, at first I was the suspect for the hole in the plaster until it was noticed it matched a hole on the outside of the house that was a bit higher up.

I've no idea if they found the bullet. I was only 9 at the time.

[Ikonoklast]

7. All those so-called 'responsible firearms owners' outside shooting into the air, endangering others.

Wonder what percentage of them are also drunk.

[flvegan]

10. All of them?

Be specific or correct yourself.

[Ikonoklast]

15. I shall do neither.

If you don't understand what the word "so-called" means, it is not my duty to educate you.

You may demand of me anything you want, and I shall ignore your demands, oh, so easily.

[flvegan]

18. Good for you.

LOL!

[Loudly]

8. There are blank rounds for that kind of celebration.

But in America and other uncivilized places, live ammunition is used.

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. How do you know they are shooting up?

How do you know they aren't shooting at the ground?

[NutmegYankee]

16. As a funny story -

I was always taught to aim into the ground just in case of an accidental fire down in the South, but when I moved to CT I was taught to aim down range at all times as any round fired into the ground could hit a Connecticut Potato (rock) and ruin the flow of your day real quick.

Gotta love New England and it's ice age legacy of rocks everywhere. I still love the warning on a packet of carrot seeds - plant in stone free soil. Yeah right, like you'll find that in freaking New England.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Hell yes it's a problem. A falling bullet broke my back window one year

Not only that, since what goes up must come down what if it hits A PERSON? A bullet fired straight up will be traveling about 300 ft. per second when it reaches its terminal velocity, but a bullet fired at an angle could be traveling much faster. Hospitals in urban areas treat "falling bullet" injuries fairly often and occasionally they are fatal. I remember a case in Texas where a dad was shooting his gun up in the air on New Years Eve and a bullet came down and penetrated the soft tissue on his young daughter's shoulder. It severed an artery and she bled to death.

[spin]

20. The best answer so far. (n/t)

[Squirmworm]

12. prolly

fire works, don't get scared

[spin]

22. True for most people but if you are familiar with firearms ...

you can usually tell the difference.

[Barack_America]

13. M-80s here. Over and over.

If they wake my kid up, they're going to be sorry.

[rainbow4321]

14. I work in a hospital that is in such a neighborhood

Luckily I got here at 8pm and am here all night but there a several people getting off right now (1145 pm) and they trying to hurry up and leave before the cross fire starts!

[JI7]

17. there have been people(usually little kids) who have died from this

i think the people who celebrate this way are fucking ignorant asses.

[Telly Savalas]

19. Stupid fucking assholes around here doing it too.

Gravity is a thing, you fucking dildos.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. A little girl was killed here last summer by a bullet shot in the air.

This is a really stupid thing to do.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. When I did the EMS shtick

We were ordered to cover every year.

One year a cop car had a round go into the engine.