Re: More reasons for suppressors

[Reese <reeza@flex.com>]

At 10:54 PM 1/6/00 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:
>>More reason to talk to Louigi about that silencer...
>>
>>L.A. Sheriff Shows Off High-Tech Hardware - (LOS

>>The illegal practice of firing into the air has resulted in 
>>numerous injuries and deaths over the years. 
>
>I lost a high school classmate to random gunshots;
>some kid was cleaning his gun in his garage and shot at a bird or something.

Sounds like a "falling bullet" fallacy to me.  Was the "kid" next door?

Falling bullets fall, at not more than ~300 fps - that's red rider bb gun @
20 ft velocities, or nearly super whammo sling shot velocities, for a .30
cal 150 gr. bullet @ ~5 ft.

Was this person hit by an errant bullet, that "fell" through a window?

Sounds like a good reason to divest from glass, and invest in Lexan
(kevlar, spectra, etc.)

Reese