Gunfire begins soon after dusk

al.com ^ | January 01, 2005 | RON COLQUITT

[TYVets]

"When it is illegal to own firearms like big cities people only get training from myth and terror from thugs."

And the liberal MSM.

[A CA Guy]

Just a stupid low class group of people without a brain between them.

[Lx]

...terminal velocity of about 64 miles an hour

IIRC, terminal velocity for a human is around 120mph. I would expect a bullet to be a little faster...

[Old Professer]

You left out datum 1. which stated a force of ~30 foot pounds for a straight-up shot and straight-down fall with a terminal velocity of 300fps using 30 caliber military ammo with the bullet always landing butt-first.

Now allowing that the edge of the buttend might strike the skin initially we can see a greater PSI but still we have less that the usual 150psi for skin penetration generally used as a standard.

I will question any garbage coming out the MLK Drew Med Ctr after some of the discussions I have had with JCAHCO investigators.

[Old Professer]

Actually the bullet gained momentum when it glanced off the rock due to the unyielding nature of the rock, I've no idea how it achieved the strange trajectory.

[Old Professer]

JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations)

[mountainlyons]

I missed the part of Mithbusters where they got the 64 mph for a penny.

[mountainlyons]

I have been on the business end of an RPG and an anti-tank mine, in a combat zone, and survived but it is tragic to get killed for no reason in your back yard!