Re: Bullet fired into air...

"Objekt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee (AP) -- A bullet fired in the air during a Ku
Klux
> > Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head,
> > critically injuring him, authorities said.
>
> I guess this answers the old question regarding what happens when people
> fire into the air in celebration. :P
>
> Would be interesting to have details as to caliber and type of round.


I seem to recall a thread from about a year or so ago on this subject, and
that someone was arguing that a bullet fired straight up into the air could
not inflict a serious injury upon its return to earth.