Maybe Saudi Arabia isn’t so bad after all. LOL
As Christmas and New Years Approaches, it’s important to remember that bullets fired into the air can come back to earth at 200 fps or more according to the CDC. It’s considerably less than the 2,500 fps some bullets travel after being shot, but it can kill.
TAMPA — Diego Duran’s young life almost ended just after 1 a.m. on New Year’s Day 2012, when a bullet fell from the sky and hit him in the head as he watched fireworks with outside his family’s Ruskin home. Authorities blamed celebratory gunfire. The bullet that traced diagonally through Duran’s brain, leaving him comatose for days, had probably been fired into the sky miles away.
The Duran family tried to dispel that perception Friday with a press conference at Shooters World gun store and range. As gunshots popped at the indoor firing range behind her, Sandy Duran explained that gun lovers have nothing to fear from her charity and its message.
“We are not anti-gun,” said Duran, 40, a massage therapist. “We are pro-common sense … When you shoot in the air, the bullets don’t evaporate or disappear.”
Source: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/ruskin-family-recalls-devastating-impact-of-celebratory-shooting/2158099
I support you, Mr. Duran. Although I have to admit, shooting guns in the air is fun, but I wouldn’t want an innocent bystander to get hurt.
