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[tombogan03884]

No I don't, do you want to let them ban bird hunting ?

[DGF]

The Mythbusters tackled the shooting in the air problem. They found that the bullet returned to earth at the speed of a falling object, 32ft per sec per sec till terminal velocity. Enough to make you say ouch but not enough to seriously injure you.

[tombogan03884]

The Mythbusters tackled the shooting in the air problem. They found that the bullet returned to earth at the speed of a falling object, 32ft per sec per sec till terminal velocity. Enough to make you say ouch but not enough to seriously injure you.

That's only partly true.
If you fire straight up, the bullet rises until it loses momentum, then it begins to fall back to earth back end first at the terminal velocity based on object weight.
However, if you fire upward at any type of angle the bullet follows a nose first ballistic trajectory based on angle and velocity and can retain enough energy to cause injury at extreme ranges.
And that isn't from TV, that's from physics.

[Ichiban]

There are many documented fatalities/injuries from guns shot into the air.

Don't confuse Mythbusters with actual science, it's more entrainment masquerading as science.

[Timothy]

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/termv.html

It is physics but it ain't that simple....

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/termv.html

It is physics but it ain't that simple....

For our purposes it is.

[MikeBjerum]

so you don't support laws like its illegal to shoot in the air?

NO!!!  Define "shoot in the air" and how it is clearly defined.

I really should not have taken that bait, because shooting in the air is not a gun law.  It is a law based on an action and applies equally to shooting an arrow in the air, using a slingshot, throwing a rock or even dropping something from above.

[tombogan03884]

NO!!!  Define "shoot in the air" and how it is clearly defined.

I really should not have taken that bait, because shooting in the air is not a gun law.  It is a law based on an action and applies equally to shooting an arrow in the air, using a slingshot, throwing a rock or even dropping something from above.

In Ca it is. Remember the post came from TAB. They passed the law while I was out there.

[TAB]

how about shooting into the air as a form of celebration.( 4th of july, new years, what ever....)

[tombogan03884]

You can't legislate good sense or safe practices.
Didn't we just have the same discussion about motorcycle helmet laws ?
The Ca. law that prohibits the shooting into the air that makes the Oakland hills unsafe on New Years eve can very easily be interpreted by an activist judge to prohibit wing shooting of birds.
You live in Ca.with so many examples and you still can't get it through your head that "good intentions" make lousy law.