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Originally Posted by antikristuseke
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.
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Well I think even 32-40 Joule are enough, given our weak air guns here which have a 7.5 J limit and are able to penetrate skin on short distances.
This interesting report from surgeons:
http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/83/1/283 also states that falling bullets can indeed kill you. The report states that a velocity between 148 and 197 feet per second is required to penetrate skin, while a falling bullet has up to 600fps.
What I cannot understand is that the celebrators don't use blanks to shoot, maybe it's a matter of availability.