the myth all three designations: "Busted", "Plausible", and "Confirmed". This urban legend was "Busted", because bullets fired straight up will tumble to the ground at a non-lethal velocity; "Plausible", because a shooter is much more likely to fire at a slight angle, wherein the bullet will maintain its ballistic trajectory and be potentially lethal when it comes back down; and "Confirmed", because there are many eyewitness accounts of falling bullets killing people. In fact, many municipalities have laws explicitly prohibiting firing weapons into the air for that reason." Having a gun aimed up at a perfect 90 degrees from the earth in order to have it fall in your area is rare. Because of the velocity and the long distance bullets travel, even a few degrees off, the bullet will land hundreds of yards away. Look at it this way, how many times has a bird flying over, hit you with it's gift. There are alot more birds than bullets. When you shoot a bullet into the air it DOES come back down. Laws of gravity. BUT as a rule it will never come back straight down as for this to happen you would have to shoot the gun perfectly straight up. Most times the guns are at an angle so the bullet goes up and comes back down at an angle so it will land some distance away. YES someone can get hurt if not killed by doing this. what goes up, must come down...unless it reaches space...there was