Who, What, Why: How dangerous is firing a gun into the air?

[August]

.....but only at terminal velocity.

[nikimcbee]

Lets go to Iraqi soccer game to find out. I hear when somebody scores a goal, the AKs come out.

Maybe a Raiders game would be closer.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Lets go to Iraqi soccer game to find out. I hear when somebody scores a goal, the AKs come out.

Maybe a Raiders game would be closer.

Problem being...the Raiders don't score very often

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Lets go to Iraqi soccer game to find out. I hear when somebody scores a goal, the AKs come out.

Maybe a Raiders game would be closer.

Actually the AKs come out after a wedding in Iraq.My brother did two tours over there and until they get used to it the new guys who have never been get antsy on I think it is either Fridays or Saturdays when most weddings are hearing AK shooting in the air is normal(every house hold is allowed one AK or similar long arm.) Of course the bullets could still be deadly if you where in there path I suppose.I am going to assume that they are not using blanks.

Of course during New Years,4th of July and similar events I hear guns going off and I am pretty sure that they are being aimed skywards and I live in rural Florida.Well I know they are not being used safely because I can sometimes hear someone yell out in slurred English "**** yeah" or "Now we can party".

[Sailor Steve]

And here I go again.

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[Betonov]

There was an incident a few years ago, when at a wedding in Bosnia they fired AK's into the air and shot down a low flying Cesna on aproach to an airstrip. No one was killed luckly, the pilot managed to put the aircraft down safely

[Growler]

Not too many civvies can claim an anti-aircraft kill today.

[August]

Bullets dropping out of the sky fall no faster than they would if they were dropped from a 3 story building.

Like a penny dropped from the Empire State building they accelerate to terminal velocity and that's it. At that speed they are not likely to kill anyone.

[Sailor Steve]

What exactly is terminal velocity for a bullet? For a battleship shell it's still supersonic. Of course a bullet doesn't weigh almost a ton, either. Just wondering.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Originally Posted by August

Bullets dropping out of the sky fall no faster than they would if they were dropped from a 3 story building.

Like a penny dropped from the Empire State building they accelerate to terminal velocity and that's it. At that speed they are not likely to kill anyone.

If bullet falls directly downwards then propably but often that is not a case. When people shoot to air they rarely take care that they are shooting exactly upwards. If there is even a little bit angle then bullet flies in arch like artillery shell.