a kid I think in Alabama or somewhere in the states that got hit in the wrist while he was on a roller coaster by a .22 bullet that was fired from a gun pointed in the air some distance away. If the are shot straight up and there is no wind, they will come straight back down again in the same spot. However, people shooting guns in the air rarely hold them completely verticle and hence the bullet comes down some distance away. People have been killed by falling bullets in this manner. i came from crete where shooting in wedding and celebrations is a must. now as far as the pgysics of it are concerned there a debate in deed. it should fall on our heads. the spinning of the earth has nothing to do with it since the bullet HAD this initial velocity in this vector since the pistol had this velocity since all of as actually spin and travle at hug velocities as a part o the earth. BUT, it is not an iddela world and bullets expirience the wind friction more therefore the should land somewhere behind you after a long of time (relating to the spinning of the earth) lease also consider that it is extrememley rare to shoot 100% verticaly ( some angle is always present) and do not neglect the effect of wind current. Provably because the quantity of people who live by square mile isn't that and the open spaces are