On the 20/05/96, Bob waffled to Keith..

 Hello Bob,     
 
 KR> no idea, he was obviously very unlucky. i do wonder sometimes
 KR> when i see people firing guns into the air, what damage the
 KR> bullets do when they land. 

 BL> It's not as bad as you think. If you fire an M16 it leaves the
 BL> muzzle at Mach-3 (990m/s), but if you drop the bullet from an infinite
 BL> height it's terminal velocity in the atmosphere is around 70m/s
 BL> (160mph). It's  energy is 200-times less and would only give you a
 BL> nasty bonk on the head.

 Wanna stand still while we try it ?

 They say if you drop a dime of the Empire State Building, and it
 hits someone on the head whilst passing by at street level, it
 would pass through almost the entire vertical length of the
 body.

 It would be akin to a metal-tipped arrow.

 Dieter
 

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