Same stuff happens every New Year’s Eve up here in NE Ohio. Thirty minutes of scattered gunfire on top of the obvious fireworks by the more sober folks with kids. Have never participated since I did study Physics and understand that bullets have to come down somewhere. At least it’s not a nightly ritual like in Chicago.
I live outside Phoenix and last night one of my neighbors shot off about 200 bottle rockets over a 15 minute period. The teenage daughter of the Ohio family who just moved in next door came out to see the show and immediately asked me if that was gunfire. Wow! I guess that’s normal NYE behavior back home.