Re: [Phys-l] Final velocity of bullets

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Come now, all of you surely have seen oodles of news clips of 
Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese, et al. celebratory and otherwise firing 
into the air.  Shall we not assume there is a huge supply of blanks over 
there?  AND no reports of friendly fire injuries.  Seems if there were, 
the ... would make hay out of this.

bc, who remembers the myth busters in the initiating post measured 100 
MPH and not lethal. 

p.s. from long experience the Middle Easterners know such is unlikely to 
injure, and, therefore, sensibly haven't outlawed it. unlike here in 
Salinas.

Dan MacIsaac wrote:

> <http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special14/articles/ 
> 1015coldcase15.html>
>
> Actually, I just recalled the 1999 Phoenix death and found it with a
> google on Shannon's law.  It's unclear to me whether this was a
> terminal velocity (straight up and down) or lesser angle shot
> that still had some of the initial horizontal component of
> velocity, which could of course be much more.  That'd
> depend on the angle of Shannon's head when struck, which
> is unknown.
>
> Many places now have similar ordinances against celebratory firing,
> though I agree with "slo" below :^).
>
> Dan M
>
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> On Jan 24, 2007, at 3:20 PM, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Been lurking 'til now, but you can count me as one who is skeptical
> > of the claims of lethality.  Unless it is pretty long and thin and
> > maintains streamlined, non-tumbling motion, I don't really see how 10
> > grams of lead could achieve a terminal velocity much in excess of 100
> > mph and I have a very hard time imagining that being lethal in all
> > but the most unusual of circumstances.
> >
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