LoneStarTx wrote:Sorry but that is just a tv show. The physics say otherwise. The bullet will free fall to terminal velocity with more than enough energy to penetrate the skull. Remember the advice that a penny dropped from a tall building can kill? Any bullet is much heavier and will fall from greater height.The Wall wrote:They had this on Myth Busters. Basically they showed that if you shoot straight up into the air it won't kill you. If you shoot it at an angle other than straight up it could have enough velocity to injure or kill depending on the angle. Not something anyone should be doing regardless.
Perhaps in a vacuum ....