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0 pointsavsteele2y ago0 comments

"This thing is inherently too risky/dangerous to use ... like firing a gun off into the air"

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This is dead wrong, and an extremely ignorant take.

Firing a gun into the air is ill-advised and illegal because such bullets have a tendency to randomly impact and maim or murder bystanders within the radius of a couple of miles.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/02/15/firi...

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/03/can-falling-bull...

Vecr2y ago

Yeah, firing a gun into the dirt is much safer. If you have a giggle switch make sure you can handle the recoil, otherwise you might shoot yourself or someone else in the foot.

avsteeleOP2y ago

I'm telling you what the argument is. Not endorsing it. That's why its in quotes.

watwut2y ago

Isn't the whole objection that it might hurt others?

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