This is why you should never resort to aerial firing

Every year scores of people sustain injuries and dozens others lose their life due to celebratory aerial firing



Every year hundreds of people sustain bullet injuries and dozens others lose their life due to celebratory aerial firing in the country.

Despite the fact that Section 144 is imposed by the authorities in various parts of the country on the occasions like New Year Eve and Independence Day, enthusiastic people resort to aerial firing in a display of jubilation, which resulting in injuries and even deaths of a number of people.

Last year on New Year’s Eve, around one-and-a-half dozen people were injured from stray bullets in Karachi alone.

Often when people are asked not to resort to aerial firing, their usual answer is: “We are firing straight in the air, not pointing at someone.”

So what makes these stray bullets so dangerous and what happens when you fire a bullet straight into the air?

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When you fire a bullet straight into the air, it can travel up to two miles before falling back down to earth. And that’s when the real trouble begins.

As the bullet reaches the top of its arc, its speed is reduced to Zero MPH. However, gravity will speed it up again as it begins to fall. It can even reach the speed of up to 400MPH.

Even if the bullet is fired straight into the air, wind can blow it hundreds of feet away from where it was shot, which might make you safe but not everyone nearby is. The falling bullet is so lethal that it can injure or in some cases even kill someone.

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