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From: chidsey@smoke.brl.mil (Irving Chidsey)
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Subject: Re: Small caliber velocity
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Date: 5 Jan 90 04:08:52 GMT
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From: Irving Chidsey <chidsey@smoke.brl.mil>

In article <12771@cbnews.ATT.COM> henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton) writes:
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<Having had several shot-gun pellets rattle the windows during some New
<Year noise-making, I have been wondering just how fast the various small
<caliber pistol/rifle bullets would hit the ground after being fired into
<the air.  You commonly hear of police firing a warning shot into the
<air, yet I have never heard of such a random shell killing anyone.  The
<physics of figuring the terminal velocity of small tumbling bullets is
<beyond me.  Does anyone know of any real figures?  How safe is it to
<fire a gun into the air?
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<Henry Melton ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry
<1-512-8463241 Rt.1 Box 274E Hutto,TX 78634

	Heard a news report that the LA police had vigorously enforced a
new law against firing guns outdoors, with lots of publicity, and that one
result was no New Years deaths from random bullets.  Supposedly for the 
time in years.

							Irv

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