re: City of Cleveland warns against celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve

Right, since that usually stops people from firing weapons randomly

Shooting straight up is not the problem as the bullet will decelerate stop, and fall back to the earth at a terminal velocity that is not going to cause a injury, same as a penny dropped off the Empire State building. The people getting hurt are from shots fired at a 60 degree or less angle to the ground depending on the firearm and ammo where the bullet can maintain a ballistic trajectory and accompanying velocity.

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Shooting straight up is not the problem as the bullet will decelerate stop, and fall back to the earth at a terminal velocity that is not going to cause a injury, same as a penny dropped off the Empire State building. The people getting hurt are from shots fired at a 60 degree or less angle to the ground depending on the firearm and ammo where the bullet can maintain a ballistic trajectory and accompanying velocity

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This. But nobody trusts the morons of any major city with all that information. Plus it doesn't fit on a billboard