[bikerman]

just saw a myth-busters show with doing just that and no way shooting straight up and the bullet coming down would it kill you . all the bullets they got came down hitting sideways in the ground something fishy about this story.

[Kirkwood]

Mythbusters is entertainment mixed with very, very bad science.

[OldDeckHand]

"just saw a myth-busters show with doing just that and no way shooting straight up and the bullet coming down would it kill you ."

I saw the same show, you're right. It's impossible. You could get a big knot and maybe even a fractured skull, but NO WAY does it penetrate the skull.

There has to be more to the story than the idiot reporter either included, or knows.

[Clay Moore]

“Hatcher’s Notebook” by General Hatcher, is a one of firearms Bibles. He talks of firing bullets straight up and having them fell back to Earth, base first.

[Darren McCarty]

The “straight up” shot was likely on an angle up in the air. Grab something like a pistol and point up. It’s not a straight up shot, and still has a lot of it’s velocity.