The security guard said, "A bullet shot straight in the air won't hurt you when it falls back down. I was watching MythBusters last night, and they said it wouldn't give you any more than a headache because of 'terminal velocity'. So you don't have anything to worry about."
So I checked it out, because, personally, I know this security guard to be a piece of shit whose neck hasn't been attached to his body since 1964. If you wanna follow along, you can do so at http://mythbustersresults.com/episode50. In the event that you're just as lazy and willfully ignorant as this Piece Of Shit Security Guard, I'll duplicate the website's information below:
Bullets fired into the air maintain their lethal capability when they eventually fall back down.
busted / plausible / confirmed
In the case of a bullet fired at a precisely vertical angle (something extremely difficult for a human being to duplicate), the bullet would tumble, lose its spin, and fall at a much slower speed due to terminal velocity and is therefore rendered less than lethal on impact. However, if a bullet is fired upward at a non-vertical angle (a far more probable possibility), it will maintain its spin and will reach a high enough speed to be lethal on impact. Because of this potentiality, firing a gun into the air is illegal in most states, and even in the states that it is legal, it is not recommended by the police. Also the MythBusters were able to identify two people who had been injured by falling bullets, one of them fatally injured. To date, this is the only myth to receive all three ratings at the same time.
So, not only does MythBusters say that a bullet shot directly in the air won't kill you, but they also say that it's very difficult for a human to do this, and there have been recorded cases of people dying from bullets falling out of the sky after being shot. Fucking Piece Of Shit Security Guard is a Fucking Piece Of Shit.
Monday, January 6, 2014
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