![]() That’s because, on the way down, air resistance prevents the bullet from returning to its initial velocity. The general consensus is that a bullet fired straight up-at precisely 90 degrees to the horizontal-is unlikely to kill a healthy adult when it returns to Earth. And yet, no one has been able to come up with a straightforward answer. That includes forensic scientists, cardio-thoracic surgeons, and the hosts of the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters-which devoted nearly a whole episode to the matter. military to The Straight Dope’s Cecil Adams has probed the lethality of falling bullets. The Explainer is far from being the first to ask this question. Yes … well, probably … maybe … it kind of depends. Isn’t it kind of dangerous to shoot bullets into the sky? A crowd of Libyans fired guns in the air and chanted slogans in support of Muammar Qaddafi at a rally in the city of Sirte on Monday.
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