Celebratory gunfire, practice, whatever; shooting up in the air is a huge no-no. A bullet shot out of a gun can travel a tremendous distance and it will not stop travelling till it hits the ground. If someone is in the way of its trajectory, there is a good chance that they may be injured or killed. You own the bullet after it has left your gun. If it hurts someone, you are responsible.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45738811/ns/us_news-life/FREDERICKSBURG, Ohio — A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle shot the gun into the air, accidentally killing a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy more than a mile away, a sheriff said Tuesday. Rachel Yoder was shot in the head Thursday night while traveling to her home in Wayne County, between Columbus and Akron. She had attended a Christmas party for employees, most of them under 18 years old, at an Amish produce farm and was riding home alone when she was shot, Wayne County sheriff's Capt. Douglas Hunter said.
Hunter said his department had traced a trail of blood along the road for about three-eighths of a mile into Holmes County in an area of farms and rolling hills.
Never break the four rules of gun safety:
1. All guns are always loaded. (Treat them that way. Always check and then check again.)
2. Never let your muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are lined up on the target
4. Be sure of your target and what is behind it
Break any of the above rules and someone could be seriously injured or killed.
