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amigo_boy

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Re: one of the two days

said by fifty nine:

Mythbusters tried it, and had some interesting results.

»kwc.org/mythbusters/2006/04/epis···_vo.html
Thanks. That hurt my brain. They went through a lot of convoluted tests before finally getting to the real test: just drop slugs from height.

There's no need to determine how high they travel. (All that matters is the distance it takes for them to reach terminal velocity, how fast that velocity is, and the destructive energy of something with that mass traveling at that velocity.)

Just drop 'em from that height (about 500'?). Which results in the destruction of a BB gun fired at 2-3' distance. It could break the skin.

The thing that always irritates me about news reports of celebratory gun fire is how they show incidents of rounds entering at a lateral angle. Some idiot shot at a bird or sign. That's a lot different (and dangerous) than firing straight up.

But, firing straight up is stupid. I just think it's weird the way cities pass special laws concerning celebratory gunfire when it's already covered under "illegally discharging a firearm within city limits."

Mark


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