God I know this is really random but if you shoot a bullet straight up in the air from an average pistol how long will it take to come back to the ground? Granted it will have traveled due to wind and stuff.

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

April 03 2009 04:34 GMT

#27

On April 03 2009 13:21 Ha.cK wrote:
Radford is only 15 miles away from Virginia Tech where I'm going next year.

skuj

United States302 Posts

April 03 2009 04:35 GMT

#28

On April 03 2009 13:24 Jonoman92 wrote:
God I know this is really random but if you shoot a bullet straight up in the air from an average pistol how long will it take to come back to the ground? Granted it will have traveled due to wind and stuff.

the mythbusters did it once, but i dont recall how long it took. it might be on the net somewhere.

BlueRoyaL

United States2493 Posts

April 03 2009 05:09 GMT

#29

that would almost entirely depend on the gun, excluding wind and whatnot.. different guns shoot with different force so really it just depends

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

April 03 2009 05:36 GMT

#30

I got curious after reading this and looked it up. I didn't find any definitive proof/experiments, but accounts from random people's experiences says that it takes roughly 7-10 seconds. Also in case anyone is wondering, it's unlikely a falling bullet will have enough force to kill you, but it's still possible.

Mista

Singapore1022 Posts

April 03 2009 05:39 GMT

#31

So suspect is young black male? Hmm..

ghermination

United States2851 Posts

April 03 2009 06:00 GMT

#32

I suppose its not so scary if it was just another random murder, i thought we had another full blown "school shooting".

tttt

United States386 Posts

April 03 2009 06:05 GMT

#33

Not sure about the laws in VA., but here in South Carolina and in Texas the houses are working on having state schools respect concealed carry permits on campus.

Hopefully they get that legislature through, so if there are issues in the future, students can take matters into their own hands.

Bosu

United States3247 Posts

April 03 2009 06:14 GMT

#34

On April 03 2009 15:05 tttt wrote:
Not sure about the laws in VA., but here in South Carolina and in Texas the houses are working on having state schools respect concealed carry permits on campus.

Hopefully they get that legislature through, so if there are issues in the future, students can take matters into their own hands.

Yea, so in the future when a dude with a temper finds out the guy 2 doors down in his dorm fucked his GF he has access to a gun close by.

tttt

United States386 Posts

April 03 2009 06:26 GMT

#35

On April 03 2009 15:14 Bosu wrote:

Show nested quote +

Yea, so in the future when a dude with a temper finds out the guy 2 doors down in his dorm fucked his GF he has access to a gun close by.

How many times has your poorly phrased scenario been played out in American Universities?

If you want to live in a society without gun rights, feel free to fuck off to Europe.

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

April 03 2009 06:27 GMT

#36

On April 03 2009 12:52 BlackJack wrote:
glad to see they are taking crap seriously since VTech. some guy gets shot a couple blocks away from campus and the whole school goes on lockdown

Flyingdutchman

Netherlands858 Posts

April 03 2009 06:36 GMT

#37

On April 03 2009 15:05 tttt wrote:
Hopefully they get that legislature through, so if there are issues in the future, students can take matters into their own hands.

Although this is a very serious subject, I laughed out loud after reading the above. Seriously, who can think this would make things better? Even for the fact that taking things in one own hands will probably always be afterwards but w/e.

Haven't heard anything about it in Holland though, surprising since school shootings are generally taken up by the media pretty quick nowadays

On April 03 2009 15:26 tttt wrote:

How many times has your poorly phrased scenario been played out in American Universities?

If you want to live in a society without gun rights, feel free to fuck off to Europe.

Countries in Europe do have laws that permit you to having guns, it is just a little harder to get one. My country requires mandatory membership to a gunclub for a year before you can get a license and even then you still have to pass a background check etc. The kid who shot loads of people in Germany few weeks back had acces to a lot of firepower due to his dad being a gun nut...

To each his own, I actually love guns but I wouldn't want to live in a society where just about everybody has acces to them.

ShadowDrgn

United States2497 Posts

April 03 2009 07:26 GMT

#38

On April 03 2009 15:36 Flyingdutchman wrote:
To each his own, I actually love guns but I wouldn't want to live in a society where just about everybody has acces to them.

Even in the US, your odds of being shot are insignificant compared to the odds of dying during everyday activities like driving a car.

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11598 Posts

April 03 2009 07:35 GMT

#39

On April 03 2009 12:52 BlackJack wrote:
glad to see they are taking crap seriously since VTech. some guy gets shot a couple blocks away from campus and the whole school goes on lockdown

it really is pretty much on campus, it's literally across a 2 lane road road...

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

April 03 2009 07:38 GMT

#40

Hmm, I read this thread earlier, but somehow the next time I read the topic title I thought that there a film shooting at your school. ehhhhh..... -_-;