Talk:Celebratory gunfire

message: Many of the citations in this article are of no use, and are inappropriate here.  For example, the LAPD citation for 200 ft/sec being sufficient to penetrate a human skull is completely unsupported and the source uncited, on the actual website.
174.52.47.145 (talk) 18:34, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, I just tried to access seven links in a row; six of them were dead links.
74.95.43.249 (talk) 19:41, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: "Citations Need Help"

message: Who coined this phrase, and when?  It's odd that the only example of its use is not one from Lebanon but from Albania.  JackofOz 03:23, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As I said in the creation edit summary, I found evidence for this name in a newspaper article. Google has been very unhelpful in trying to establish the etymology. If there is a better name for the phenomenon, by all means it should be moved. Have you heard of any other names for firing guns into the air as a form of celebration? JFW | T@lk 05:45, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not at all.  Until I was made aware of this term, it never occurred to me there even was a term other than "shooting guns into the air". I'll check with Michael Quinion, he knows everything about the origin of expressions, but he's going away for 6 weeks so we may have to wait a while.  JackofOz 11:47, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology of "Lebanese unload"

message: One article covers an incidental aspect of the other and should not be merged in my opinion (would be like merging Sesame Street with Television program). --Username132 (talk) 18:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not really a good example, since Sesame Street and Television program are both suitable topics for encyclopedia articles in their own right. As you noted, space bullet trauma, as described, is merely an incidental consequence of celebratory gunfire. It's not necessarily a big enough topic to merit its own article, and might be better handled by inclusion in this one. Since there haven't been any other responses, I'm going to go ahead and try a merge.--Srleffler 07:13, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Merge 

message: You cannot say that "a bullet traveling at only 150 feet per second" can penetrate skin. It depends on the ENERGY of the bullet, not the speed. A bullet weighing five grains cannot penetrate skin at 150 FPS but a 200 grain bullet might. There is also another thing, a .50 lead bullet will not fall faster than a 0.30 lead bullet as it does not depend on the weight but on the density. A .50 BMG may fall faster because it can contain other materials than lead, tungsten for instance. Please do not fall into the trap of exaggerating dangers as the media often does. 87.59.76.10 (talk) 19:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You are probably correct that the weight of the bullet is a factor, as is its shape and projected area, but the cited reference does not make these distinctions (perhaps they were just generalizing for typical cases). "Correcting" this as you suggest would constitute original research. The larger caliber bullet falls faster because it's terminal velocity is higher. It is not necessarily related to density, as both bullets could be pure lead with the same density. The larger calliber bullet has a greater mass relative to projected area (not volume as in density). Therefore a higher terminal velocity is needed for drag to be equal to the force of gravity on the bullet. Dhaluza (talk) 10:17, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is not correct, please change this 

message: "However, it is generally not as dangerous if one uses blank rounds"
What the &#*%? How can that be logical? The citation source doesn't seem to actually explain this quote. Please change that (if I am right, of course) and explain it. Thanks--79.182.162.204 (talk) 08:20, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blanks more dangerous than live bullets? 

message: Randomn gunfire is not safe and is also against the law.A lot of people get killed because of this. When people shoot guns in the air the bullit comes straight down and a 14 year old girl got killed because of this. So make sure that if you know someone who does this please suggest that they dont do this.--72.208.30.244 (talk) 01:05, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Risks 

message: It's not real clear to me whether a fatality in Arizona would fit into this category, but it's documented. Police never caught the shooter, and it wasn't fired on a holiday that I'm aware of, but it was a fatality and it was fired straight into the air. (Could have been a birthday, or school graduation, or just randomness): http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special14/articles/1015coldcase15.html ... Consider adding if appropriate. --Thatnewguy (talk) 11:58, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arizona case 

message: What in the world does "Culturally accepted" mean?  Is that even a statement to be used in Wikipedia?  It is absolutely ambiguous and inappropriate.  So, in a country in which a crime as robing a bank, stealing, raping, domestic violence and such is an every day thing due to people being scared or not having a choice to report; I'm going to say it is culturally accepted?
*So robbing a bank is culturally accepted in some countries
*Raping is culturally accepted in some countries
*Stealing is culturally accepted in some countries
*Domestic violence is culturally accepted in some countries
What the heck is all of that?  Is it a crime or not?!  This statement is highly racist.  Just because criminals get away with this due to lax laws in certain countries doesn't make it right for everyone.  I am sure that if the people were to chose, they would move to a safer environment.  But most of them are too poor to do anything.  Most of them are scared to do anything.  In some places the police themselves are too scared to do anything due to small numbers, lack of work, poverty, etc. all the above may have something to do with it.
My point is, you're using a statement that perhaps criminals of those countries may agree with, but working class and educated citizens want nothing to do with it. --Molokaicreeper (talk) 04:40, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Being an American, I can't speak for anywhere else, but suggesting that celebratory gunfire is "culturally accepted" in the USA is ridiculous. The article should either change the wording to instead list places where celebratory gunfire is present, or people should stop assuming that the presence of something in a culture automatically means said culture deems it acceptable. Oktayey (talk) 22:52, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
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message: *Will a bullet shot straight up travel as far as a bullet shot horizontally?
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