bullets wind up in the strangest places....

Judging by what they said, it looks like it didn't come from the range I go to thank God. Hopefully this was just an accident and the shooter has wisened up.

Negligent discharge? Police? or thugs? Rational people do not fire in a residential area except to protect their life.

A year or so ago I was walking out of my apartment to go to work and noticed a 9mm bullet just sitting on the ground next to my car. It had obviously passed through something rather hard, but I didn't see any bullet holes in the cars or obvious ricochet marks in the immediate vicinity, but I didn't look very hard. It certainly made me a little more leery of my neighborhood.

"There could have been someone mowing a lawn or a kid walking by," Dronsfield said. "You never know."

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Why is it every gun related article has to mention the 'what if's'? And why do the 'what if's' always include kids?

I'm all for reasonable laws, and if one was broken then the cops should investigate the facts, not speculate on what could have happened, but didn't. This is why I don't read the news.

USAF_Vet said:

Why is it every gun related article has to mention the 'what if's'? And why do the 'what if's' always include kids?

I'm all for reasonable laws, and if one was broken then the cops should investigate the facts, not speculate on what could have happened, but didn't. This is why I don't read the news.

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Do you have any children? What ifs are a fact of life for anyone, including gun owners like myself, that have children.

If bullets were going through local walls of my area, I'd certainly want to be informed!

I work for a car dealership in South Florida.

Within 2 weeks around the last 4th of July weekend, we had two vehicles on our lot damaged by 'stray' bullets.
In both cases, damage was to the roof of the cars, with what appears a bullet succumbing to normal laws of physics and returning to earth after some crazy idiots :banghead: discharged it into the air. One vehicle happend to be a Venza with a full glass panoramic sun roof - replacement roof cost about $6k

That's pretty wild. I'm glad no one was hurt.

A year or so ago I was walking out of my apartment to go to work and noticed a 9mm bullet just sitting on the ground next to my car. It had obviously passed through something rather hard, but I didn't see any bullet holes in the cars or obvious ricochet marks in the immediate vicinity, but I didn't look very hard. It certainly made me a little more leery of my neighborhood.

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Reminds me of a guy I know. When he goes shooting in the desert, he always looks for fired bullets in the target areas. He thinks it's funny to scatter them in parking lots.

my kids were playing in the car port when a flower pot shattered-a22. It was illegal to fire a rifle in that county. So much for gun laws.

MichaelK said:

Do you have any children? What ifs are a fact of life for anyone, including gun owners like myself, that have children.

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I do as a matter of fact. I still think the "what if's" are nothing more than speculation with an anti-gun slant. What if a drunk driver was driving on the sidewalk some kid was walking down? It's a fear tactic used heavilty by the anti's. "It's all about the children"

Cops are supposed to investigate the facts. The media is supposed to report facts. Speculation and what if's are not facts.

Sure, I worry about my kids, but not to the point of being overbearing and pretentious.

If bullets were going through local walls of my area, I'd certainly want to be informed!

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You can be informed, but do you need the spin and the speculation to be informed? No. People are informed when facts are reported, people are frightened when speculation and what if's are reported.

The media is supposed to report facts.

This is why the current administration gets factual reporting, huh?

A guy at work found a bullet hole in the tag on his boat trailer. He had no idea when it happened. It was somewhat oblong and appeard to have hit at a downward angle. He lived in a rural area and figured it came from a deer hunter.

My dad had a .45 slug come through his roof into the bedroom of his daughters room. Second marriage, long story. Point is people are not very smart and regularly shoot into the air with little or no regard to where the bullet will inevitably come down. He lives in suburban Utah, which is fairly heavily populated. Common sense is not so common.

When I lived in Van Nuys, CA (los angeles), I used to climb up and inspect my roof every July 5th and January 1st. Over 16 years, I had to patch up 7 bullet holes. Glad I don't live there any more. I will say that the last 10/15 years, the police crack downs have reduced the problems.

Reminds me of a guy I know. When he goes shooting in the desert, he always looks for fired bullets in the target areas. He thinks it's funny to scatter them in parking lots.

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I pick up a few bouncebacks from time to time policing my brass. Hmmmm...

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The media is supposed to report facts.

This is why the current administration gets factual reporting, huh?

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Well, there's what should be, what can be, and what is. Not taking the political bait.

The media is supposed to report facts.

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They did here. It's probably a fact that the officer said, "There could have been someone mowing a lawn or a kid walking by..."

that bullet they show doesnt look like it hit anything, even solid cores deform a little after hitting all that was reported.

I routinely found bullets in the parking lot of a big city hospital near the inner city when I worked midnights in the E R.
Glad I am retired to the country.

that bullet they show doesnt look like it hit anything, even solid cores deform a little after hitting all that was reported.

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Not according to the Warren Commission. :tinfoilhat:

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This so wrong on a number of levels.

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On what levels is "this" wrong? What do you mean by "this"?

I didn't see anything interesting in this story. The family should not have had a bullet come into their apartment. Whoever fired it must have been criminal, negligent, unlucky, etc. What subtlety am I missing that makes this story worthy of discussion?

Obviously not a brick veneer dwelling, If it's wood siding there's really not much between you and the outside world. Speaking of bullet hazards I thought there may be some interest in this, the hazards of New Years Eve in a big city. An incoming 9mm 115 gr fmj descending at about a 75 degree angle hit the windshield of my truck parked in the driveway of my home and bounced off.

The neighbor kid had gotten a batting cage for Christmas and I thought he was the culprit until I spotted the bullet laying in the driveway about a week later, It's nose had a big glossy flat spot where it hit the glass. Placing the flat against the glass showed me the incoming angle.The impact area had a pattern that I totally did not expect, not with cracks radiating outward from the impact point but a couple of circular rings with the impact point at the edge of the inner ring. I don't have a photo of the impact directly but it shows in this photo I took driving down an abandoned runway.

I found a .25 pistol bullet just laying on the ground at the stoop of a house in urban Cinci. I was moving auction items out of the house, carrying a large piece, watching my footing, and there it was. I may still have it somewhere. I kind of wonder it's story.

When my son and I go to the range, we usually have it to ourselves. When we go out to put up new targets, I grab a few bullets from the berm. Some look brand new but for rifling marks. These plus spent cases make good dummy display shells, plus they are good for teaching my son the physics of it all.

If you want to play "what ifs" how about when cops unload an entire magazine on a bad guy, often in urban/suburban areas? How many times have I seen a video of a cop doing just that, and miss the bad guy? I wonder where those rounds ended up.......