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Originally Posted by TarJak
I've always wondered at the predeliction for people to fire automatic weapons into the air in celebration. Do they not comprehend the concept of gravity?
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a bullet falling at terminal velocity will hurt, but wont kill you, probably wont even break the skin. Besides the likely hood of getting hit by a bullet you fire straight in the air is slim to none, due to wind.
The habit is retarded though.
Edit: the kinetic energy of a typical fmj round from an ak47 falling at terminal velocity is about 32 to 40 joules. the muzzle energy of the same round is somewhere in the 2,000 joule range. Even the pansie .22LR has at least 3 times the amount of energy.