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Shooting weapons in the air without knowing what people are around and what exactly you are aiming at should be considered mental illness or at a minimum felony
by ck2 11y ago
Shooting weapons in the air without knowing what people are around and what exactly you are aiming at should be considered mental illness or at a minimum felony operation of a weapon and their guns should be seized.
Seriously, if you a "fan of gun" and want guns to be legal, you need to have strict rules or people think of them as toys.
- ghshephard 11y agoWell, I agree with you, but, in all fairness, the individual did know exactly what he was shooting - a drone. And he took it out in one shot.
- DanBC 11y ago> > This is the third time discharge from your firearms has hit our house and property. The first incident left a bullet hole in the door by our garage. The second incident occurred last Thanksgiving when birdshot from your skeet shooting activities rained into our backyard. The third, of course, being what we're currently discussing.
- adekok 11y agoAnd the shotgun pellets land... where? What's his backstop? Firing guns into the air means that the bullets come down. And they can hurt people.
- bottled_poe 11y agoWha..?! Next you'll be telling me that burning coal has unseen consequences.
- monochromatic 11y agoBirdshot is fired into the air when hunting birds. It loses its energy very quickly and should be moving slowly enough not to cause damage when it lands (unless maybe a pellet hits you in the eyeball or something). Pistol and rifle bullets are another story entirely.
- ghshephard 11y agoApparently (based on a bit of googling) it's very common to be peppered by birdshot when hunting birds. People are basically firing birdshot up into the air - and it, not infrequently, lands on other hunters. Still, I agree it's pretty impolite to have your shot land on your neighbors property.
- baddox 11y agoWhere are there not strict rules about shooting guns into the air or toward other people's property?
- hiddencost 11y agoIt sounds like you're suggesting "felony operation of a weapon" isn't as bad as having a mental illness.