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Old 01-04-2004, 10:28 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Phaenx
Firing a gun into the air isn't necessarily dangerous. Terminal velocity for a bullet isn't really enough to do any damage to a human, so I'm guessing these guys fired at an angle which let the bullet retain some energy.
I'm not sure whether or not this is completely accurate. Last year, a 7-year-old girl in the next town over from mine was killed by a bullet that was fired almost straight up.
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