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To: Ellesu

I expect to see an article on the death and destruction raining down from above. It is an exercise in basic statistics to calculate the odds of being struck by a random falling bullet. How many tons of meteorites fall on the Earth daily and how often is a person reported struck?

it's just anti-gun hysteria gone hyperbolic...


7 posted on 01/01/2005 7:34:30 AM PST by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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To: dhuffman@awod.com
A pistol fired straight down from an airplane would start to slow down until it reached terminal velocity of about 64 miles an hour and like a penny falling from a skyscraper would hurt but would not penetrate your skin. This is a wives tale used by lazy police. A gun fired horizontal would kill someone. When it is illegal to own firearms like big cities people only get training from myth and terror from thugs.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
9 posted on 01/01/2005 7:44:37 AM PST by mountainlyons (alienated vet)
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