another fool wrote:
> declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:
>> John W. wrote:
>> Wonder where the shotgun pellets eventually fell, and at what velocity?
> 
> Having been peppered with shotgun pellets more then a few times while
> dove/duck hunting once they start back down they don't have the weight
> to gain enough velocity to hurt anything.  It feels like being hit by
> blowing sand.

Shotgun pellets, yes. Falling bullets can and will kill or disable.

I really wondered when seeing the image of Arraft's burial how many 
people would be wounded by that. The place was so crowded every falling 
bullet would become a hazard, and they were firing everywhere.