2007-02-23 00:19:49 · 10 answers · asked by f.nuuy-gyu 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
it does if fired straight up.
2007-02-23 00:23:11 · answer #1 · answered by dgreer58 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, variations in trajectory are caused by wind, dust, water particles, etc. You'll have to aim a little closer to shoot yourself.
Now for the PC part. Never discharge a weapon into the air because you DON'T know where the bullet will land. A bullet is just as deadly falling out of the sky as it is leaving the muzzle of a weapon. Nostradamus was killed by a stray bullet from a riot happening several blocks away during the French Revolution, so they say.
2007-02-23 08:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by sparkletina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was an episode of the TV show Mythbusters that explored this. It is not lethal unless it is fired at an angle and has a parabolic trajectory. If fired straight up, terminal velocity falling straight down won't kill.
2007-02-23 08:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by Crash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but not the way most people think
I watch Mythbusters quite often. They did a show a few weeks back where they tried this myth. They found that no matter how straight up they fired, it would never come back down the same way.
Yes they all came down, but when they came down, they were moving so slow that they would never have caused real damage
2007-02-23 08:29:14 · answer #4 · answered by Joe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It won't hit in the same place it was fired from, due to wind, rotation of the earth, spin on the bullet, imperfections in the bullet shape.
But it will definately come back down.
2007-02-23 08:23:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't think of any other way to fire a bullet vertically, unless there's a strong wind and it causes the trajectory to bend.
2007-02-23 08:35:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and people sometimes get hit by these returning bullets.
2007-02-23 08:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does and get this... it comes back at exactly the same speed with which it left the gun. A kid I treated died cos of this, new years frenzy drunken guys firing into the air. Dont try this...
2007-02-23 08:26:19 · answer #8 · answered by meltdwn_21 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no what do you think the rings are around Saturn. you got it there all old bullets
2007-02-23 08:30:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What goes up ..MUST come down!
2007-02-23 08:23:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋