This is why you do NOT shoot rifles and pistols into the air
by Hobie 
, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 12:43 (4669 days ago) @ Hobie
There is a difference to shooting straight up into the air and just shooting out and away into nowhere. Supposedly the fellow was "cleaning" his gun and as a first step discharged it into the "air" but obviously not straight up (if the other is at all true) as the bullet traveled 1.5 miles (give or take). And while I don't really believe in luck, this young woman was extremely unfortunate (or not, depending on how you look at it). But, let's face it, the shooter is at best a putz. He is directly responsible for needlessly killing a person. If he had any sense he would have fired into a safe place in the ground. He did not.
BTW, most people don't have a means of shooting plumb so most shots are angled. If you watch those films where people are shooting "into the air"...
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Sincerely,
Hobie
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- This is why you do NOT shoot rifles and pistols into the air -
Hobie,
2011-12-20, 20:52
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- This is why you do NOT shoot rifles and pistols into the air - Creeker, 2011-12-21, 07:33
- Very tragic. The gang bangers in the SW are fond of shooting -
Rob Leahy,
2011-12-21, 07:46
- When I told my bride about that, she asked... - Boge Quinn, 2011-12-21, 09:22
- obviously not shot much up in the air -
bj,
2011-12-21, 11:13
- obviously not shot much up in the air -
Charles,
2011-12-21, 15:10
- obviously not shot much up in the air - bj, 2011-12-21, 15:31
- which falls faster a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers? - Mike C, 2011-12-22, 17:50
- obviously not shot much up in the air -
Charles,
2011-12-21, 15:10
- This is why you do NOT shoot rifles and pistols into the air - AkRay, 2011-12-21, 11:49
- This is why you do NOT shoot rifles and pistols into the air -
Hobie,
2011-12-21, 12:43
- Absolutly! The guy more than likely did not have his rifle -
Rob Leahy,
2011-12-21, 13:42
- Absolutly! The guy more than likely did not have his rifle - Catoosa, 2011-12-22, 10:28
- Absolutly! The guy more than likely did not have his rifle -
Rob Leahy,
2011-12-21, 13:42