[mikethevike]

Do they mean hit by a falling bullet? Mythbusters Ep:50 I thought disproved that...maybe it was not an accident...

[The KG9 Kid]

Firing directly straight up will rob the bullet of it's velocity even though it will be still be rotating at many tens of thousands of RPMs when it comes back down.

A bullet fired at a 45-degree angle will certainly be lethal. I've seen a hole in a fender of a truck caused by celebratory shooting that came down at about a 60 degree angle. It was a .30 rifle round of some kind and was probably fired from well over a mile away.

[wideminded]

Do they mean hit by a falling bullet? Mythbusters Ep:50 I thought disproved that.

IIRC they only disproved the myth that a bullet fired straight up can fall and kill someone. These bullets tumble as they fall backwards and have a low terminal velocity.

Bullets fired at an angle to straight up can maintain a ballistic trajectory and can be going fast enough to kill people when they come down. (I don't know what the cutoff angle is.)