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Yes, I know it's a new year, and you're all happy that a new president is taking over the White House, and I'm not even much of a fan of the human race, but every time you harm each other, or each others' property, it ends up costing all of us, one way or another.
An American television show, Mythbusters, did an experiment, perhaps their most irresponsible yet, in which they attempted to show that a bullet fired into the air cannot possibly cause serious injury to a human being, but consider this:
1.) Children and young adults. They have sutures in their skulls which still have not completely healed, and a bullet at terminal velocity would most likely tear them apart. Have you seen the shape of a jacketed rifle bullet? They're tapered to a sharp point.
2.) Property. A car, for instance, could suffer a thousand dollars' damage or more. Maybe you'll put one through your windshield...that's a grand by now, for commercial glass, or put one through the hood of a newer car.
3.) Pets. My dog is extremely frightened just from the sound of fireworks, and is hiding behind my chair. Even speaking softly to him in French, which always calms him down, isn't working, and gunfire is much louder than fireworks. Irresponsible people who do not bring their pets inside will probably lose them.
4.) Windage, ballistics, etc. You might think that you're firing a bullet straight up and actually be shooting at a neighbor's house. A bullet travels at half a mile a second or more, and can travel several miles at that trajectory, so try drawing the graph.
5.) Vietnam Syndrome (or any post-war). Laugh if you want, but I knew someone who had it. It's very real. I also rented a house and found out what happened to the previous tenant. Some children were setting off fireworks in the street, and that set off an attack of post-war syndrome in him. He came out with a gun and killed them both.
6.) Most importantly, bullets that are fired up into the air do seriously injure and kill people.
If those aren't enough reasons for you, then I suppose that your head will most likely suffer no damage.
-denise
An American television show, Mythbusters, did an experiment, perhaps their most irresponsible yet, in which they attempted to show that a bullet fired into the air cannot possibly cause serious injury to a human being, but consider this:
1.) Children and young adults. They have sutures in their skulls which still have not completely healed, and a bullet at terminal velocity would most likely tear them apart. Have you seen the shape of a jacketed rifle bullet? They're tapered to a sharp point.
2.) Property. A car, for instance, could suffer a thousand dollars' damage or more. Maybe you'll put one through your windshield...that's a grand by now, for commercial glass, or put one through the hood of a newer car.
3.) Pets. My dog is extremely frightened just from the sound of fireworks, and is hiding behind my chair. Even speaking softly to him in French, which always calms him down, isn't working, and gunfire is much louder than fireworks. Irresponsible people who do not bring their pets inside will probably lose them.
4.) Windage, ballistics, etc. You might think that you're firing a bullet straight up and actually be shooting at a neighbor's house. A bullet travels at half a mile a second or more, and can travel several miles at that trajectory, so try drawing the graph.
5.) Vietnam Syndrome (or any post-war). Laugh if you want, but I knew someone who had it. It's very real. I also rented a house and found out what happened to the previous tenant. Some children were setting off fireworks in the street, and that set off an attack of post-war syndrome in him. He came out with a gun and killed them both.
6.) Most importantly, bullets that are fired up into the air do seriously injure and kill people.
If those aren't enough reasons for you, then I suppose that your head will most likely suffer no damage.
-denise
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