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DetroitLegalBeagle

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1. Bullets dont travel straight after they hit sloped safety glass like windshields

Reply to Rustynaerduwell (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:02 AM

14 hrs ago

They generally deflect upwards due to the backward slope of the glass contacting the bottom of the bullet first. It also doesn't travel in a straight upward line either, it can go in any random upward trajectory, and many times its no longer a single projectile, but broken up into multiple pieces.

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