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>I am only grateful you do not live in one of the many cultures where firing AK47s into the air is a celebratory gesture <g>>>>>>
>>>>>Aren't those the places where the Law of Gravity has been repelled and bullets do not come back down?
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>>>>Yes, and coincidentally the places where many people are killed by hailstones.
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>>>Have you been watching MythBusters lately? They proved this theory wrong. :)
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>>Hailstones or AK47 rounds falling back to earth?
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>Yes, they will reach a terminal and constant speed coming back, no matter how high they reach, and then, that speed wouldn't be enough to kill, according to their experiments, of course... I wouldn't put my head there to test...
I can't imagine 63 grains of copper jacketed plastic - meant to penetrate and then expand - dropping on your head at 32 feet per second/persecond would be good for you <g>
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- Thomas Hardy
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