SSTF@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhen did you (literally or figuratively) dodge a bullet?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhen did you (literally or figuratively) dodge a bullet?SSTF@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squarekurcatovium@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s weird, this way it would be subsonic ammunition. Maybe another shot? Still crazy as fuck though! Where in the world things like this happen?
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThey said it was far away so it may have gone subsonic on the way. Especially small common bullets like .22 will lose speed relatively quickly as they fly.
minus-squareContravariant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoMaybe some idiot shot straight up into the air?
minus-squarerevdrnegative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt was quite a ways away… This was in NH. I doubt it was intentional, but who knows.
minus-squarebitfucker@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThe one that passes could be the next shot and OP is too panicked to hear the second bang.
It’s weird, this way it would be subsonic ammunition. Maybe another shot? Still crazy as fuck though! Where in the world things like this happen?
They said it was far away so it may have gone subsonic on the way. Especially small common bullets like .22 will lose speed relatively quickly as they fly.
Maybe some idiot shot straight up into the air?
It was quite a ways away… This was in NH. I doubt it was intentional, but who knows.
The one that passes could be the next shot and OP is too panicked to hear the second bang.