Was firing a gun in the air proven to be fatal or a myth?
217250
They said busted, possible, and confirmed \n\nMainly because it's almost impossible to shoot straight up and if a person is off by as little as 8 degrees you still have a lethal trajectory
312287
No. It is not illegal until our Congress says it is, which it hasn't. As long as the gun was not loaded, the child was supervised, and the parents are at least half responsible, the child is safe. Where I come from guns are a fact of life. Deer hunting is quite popular.
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Sadly, nothing appears to be wrong.\nAs of 12:34 EST\n""Senate Sergeant at Arms Bill Pickle told Reuters there were no reports of any arrests or injuries though several ambulances were brought to the scene.\n\n"We have been told by staff of shots fired and the smell of smoke," Pickle said. He later raised the possibility that a firecracker might have been the cause.""\nThey are still under lockdown, but searches have turned up nothing.
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i once read an article on weapons using noise to cause feelings of nausea and lightheadedness, along with extreme confusion.  theres the flashbang grenade, which doesnt explode but uses  ultrasound to violently shake the water in the eardrum, causing dizziness.  Then theres the highly experimental ring-vortex cannon, which fires a circular sound wave extrememly fast,knocking back adults, but can break bones and cause complete deafness.  But lethal, other than the cannon, i dont think there is anything like that yet.
611212
When bullets are fired straight into the air they go well.....up.  Just like you and me when we jump on a trampoline eventually gravity will get the better of it and it will start coming back down.  Now if that were the only thing to take into account it would just come straight back down and thump you on the head, but because of extra forces caused by air flow and rotation the bullet won't go exactly straight up and down (thankfully).  Now a bullet that's shot straight up is going an average 900 m/s, which means it'll get up about 4,000 meters in the air and when taking into account air resistance it'll come back down with a speed of about 100 m/s.  This is a fraction of the speed but is still fast enough to pierce human flesh.  To answer the final question, the apogee is the highest point that the bullet reaches.
6707
You have the right idea, but you actually can fire a gun in space. What causes a gun to fire is actually the sudden impulse delivered by the trigger to the gunpowder causing the gun powder to explode, transferring a lot of energy to the bullet and causing it to shoot out of the barrel of the gun. In order to trigger the explosion of the gun powder, you do need an oxidizer to initiate the chemical reaction, but most gun ammunition comes with its own oxidizer built in so therefore, the gun can fire even without oxygen.  \n\nHowever, you shouldn't believe anything physics-related you see in movies,  What's funny is those huge explosions that happen all the time win movies in space with no oxygen like in star wars and armegeddon.  That definately could not happen.  Being a physics major has ruined my appreciation for movies really, I can't watch one without picking out all of the physics mistakes--and there are a LOT, and not just in space movies.  They should employ a physicist to stand by and tell them what they screw up.  Actually, I wish they did, that would be an awesome job haha.
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Assuming they have exact amounts of energy, at the exact same direction, Gravity would have pulled them ever so slightly downwards. The impact would generate a large amount of heat, and the bullets would rebound and continue on their descent downwards to the ground. (assuming they did not have enough heat to fragment or melt)\n\nIn practice, one bullet hits the other bullet slightly higher than the other, causing one bullet to fly upwards in the air back from where it was fired, and the other to fall downwards back to where it was fired.
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It was an accident...or foul play it was never determined.  They were doing a stunt with guns and they though they were unloaded, no bullets were ever added and the other actor pulled the trigger and instead of nothing (like what was supposed to happen) a bullet hit Brandon and he died.  I believe he was killed instantly.
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Three assumptions must be made about your scenio. First, I assume the gun is fired exactly in the opposite direction of the jet. I assume this, because it sounds like you want to know what happens to the bullet if its muzzle velocity seemingly cancels the velocity of the jet, giving the bullet a velocity relative to the ground of zero miles per hour, both vertically & horizontally. Second I assume that the gun firing the bullet is not in the exhaust flow of the rearward directed airflow of the aircraft engine. Third, which comes from the first assumption, the bullet is not directed into the exhaust flow.\n\n Now, immediately after the bullet leaves the gun barrel, the bullet would have a velocity of zero miles per hour relative to the ground, both vertically & horizontally.  All the high pressure gas from the cartridge has dissipated, leaving no further pressure to push the bullet rearward. But the bullet is not zero miles an hour relative to the jet's boundary layer(layer of air actually attached to the metal surface of the jet),  the jet's trailing edge shockwave that is attached to the aircraft & the jet's wake(jet wash).  The bullet must now penetrate the boundary layer, & the trailing edge shockwave surrounding the aircraft, both which move at the speed of sound relative to the bullet. Finally, the bullet will be influenced to move by the wake left by the jet. The jet's boundary layer & shockwave will try to draw the bullet along with the aircraft for as much as about 1 thousandth of a second, depending on factors such as the pressure strength & thickness of the boundary layer of air attached to the jet, & the strength of the shockwave also attached to the jet. But alas, as powerful as boundary layer aerodynamics & shockwaves are, there is no way the jet's boundary layer & shockwave can accelerate the bullet to follow the jet. The bullet must penetrate the boundary layer & shockwave of the aircraft & finally lose contact with these two influences. Though the jet wake, moving in the jet's direction would be less powerful than boundary layer & shockwave effects, the wake would be able to act on the bullet for a much longer time period. The jet's boundary layer, shockwave, & jet wash do accelerate the bullet horizontally relative to the ground in the direction of the departing jet in the order of 50 to 150 feet per second(about 33 to 100 MPH.), maybe more(?) depending on the mass & coefficient of drag of the bullet. Of course, gravity would also work on the bullet to accelerate it towards the ground & give the bullet a verticle velocity component. Whatever the comparative strengths of the different factors, the bullet would have a nearly parabolic arc relative to the ground till it struck the ground. Departure from a true parabolic arc would depend on bullet mass & coefficient of drag & strength of the jet wash.
656814
Good point! I've seen much worse damage on somebody's face who got shot with a pellet gun!
233747
Most cities or states don't have laws against it.  Air guns are not considered firearms.  However, if you shoot your neighbors pets, cars, houses, etc they could sue you for damages.  If you shoot your neighbors you could be charged with assault.  So just be careful that you know what is behind the target that you are shooting at.  \n1 more thing to consider:  a lot of air guns look a lot like real guns, so somebody might call the cops on you because they are paranoid and you would have to explain yourself to the cop.
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He shot down a jet-powered drone, yes. Not that difficult, really. The drone was relatively small, and the weapon likely had very hard bullets loaded. Jets and attack helicopters have been brought down by a single shot - it's lucky, but it can happen.
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Hope this answers your question.\n\nPRACTICE OF FIRING THREE RIFLE  \nVOLLEYS OVER THE GRAVE: \n\nThis practice originated in the old custom of halting the fighting to remove the dead from the battlefield. Once each army had cleared its dead, it would fire three volleys to indicate that the dead had been cared for and that they were ready to go back to the fight. The fact that the firing party consists of seven riflemen, firing three volleys does not constitute a 21-gun salute. \n\n21-GUN SALUTE: \n\nAll personal salutes may be traced to the prevailing use in earlier days to ensure that the saluter placed himself in an unarmed position. Salute by gunfire is a most-ancient ceremony. The British for years compelled weaker nations to make the first salute, but in time international practice compelled "Gun for Gun" in the principle of an equality of nations. \n\nIn the earliest days, seven guns was a recognized British National Salute. Those early regulations stated that, although a ship could fire only seven guns, the forts could fire for honors three shots to one shot afloat. In that day powder of sodium nitrate was easier to keep on shore than at sea. In time, when the quality of gun powder improved by the use of potassium nitrate, the sea salute was made equal to the shore salute -- 21 guns as the highest national honor. Although for a period of time, monarchies received more guns than republics, eventually republics claimed equality. \n\nThere was much confusion caused by the varying customs of maritime states, but finally the British government proposed to the United States a regulation that provided for "Salute to be Returned Gun for Gun." The British at that time officially considered the international salute to be 21 guns and the United States adopted the 21-gun and "Gun for Gun Return" August 17, 1875. Previous to that time, our national salute was one gun for each state. The practice was also a result of usage -- John Paul Jones saluted France with 13 guns (one for each state) at Quiberon Bay when the Stars and Stripes received its first salute. This practice was not authorized until 1810. \n\nBy the admission of states to the Union, the salute reached 21 guns by 1818. In 1841, the national salute was reduced to 21 guns. In fact, the 1875 adoption of the British suggestion because a formal announcement that the United States recognized 21 guns as an international salute.
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It could have been a single gunman, He was a former Marine and very well trained to shoot a rifle. The thing I dont' understand was his escape route and what he did after.I mean if you are going to plan the thing out, It just doesn't make since. I think he was a stooge, setup to take the fall. And may have been setup from the inside. look at the photo of LBJ being sworen in on the plane back to Washingto..That man had a smirkish smile as big as Texas. {he may have known something}
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People can survive a bullet lodged in the brain. Believe it or not, I've known more than one person who has survived that kind of thing & their doctors thought it better to leave the bullet alone. One of these friends later had to have the bullet removed because it was moving & that was years after the shooting.\n\nIn regard to the physical drive and gaines strength, I'm pretty certain that is fantasy for the movie's sake, but the brain is still a mystery in many ways, so I guess even that part of it could be remotely possible.
174025
I am very fond of HK's UMP .45 calibur SMG.\n\nStop crying, rain, guns aren't responsible for murder, people are responsible for murder.
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Rifle in the air is simply disturbing the peace.  You didn't point it at anyone.  Hopefully witnesses will attest to this if and when the police inquire.\n\nSpraying someone with a hose, on the other hand, could actually be considered assault.  Unless somehow you could claim self-defense against the eggs being thrown at you.  However, it sounds like the eggs were only thrown at your HOUSE rather than YOU, so a claim of "self-defense" wouldn't work in that case.\n\nNext time, you'll want to exercise more impulse control than you did with the gun thingy AND the hose thing.  HOney, when you see trouble, CALL 911 and let the cops handle it!  You can't vigilante (not that you were trying to, cuz I understand that you were trying to stop the fist fight).  Still, you have to learn to immediately call 911 and stay out of it.  It's not your call to break things up.  The cops may very well arrest you, unfortunately.  Get witnesses to corroborate your story about shooting "in the air" and spraying the hose.