“There are frigging Black males outside my frigging house with firearms. Please send PD,”

[retrowire]

93. ahem

A shotgun.

Fires buckshot.

Buckshot is made of tiny pellets.

Those pellets don't have enough mass to obtain the velocity necessary on its return by gravity to harm people.

A bullet. Yes.

A shotgun shell. No.

Please sit down. I've attended banging house parties like the ones these awesome people were throwing.

I've attended them in that same city.

These people are my neighbors. Don't get all fucking indignant on your high horse up there just because someone suggested "at worst" a warning by blast in the air. That's common around here and it's not dangerous.

Knowledge:

Buckshot does not come down lethally. The tiny pellets do not obtain the velocity necessary.

http://forensicoutreach.com/library/the-falling-bullet-myths-legends-and-terminal-velocity/

Shooting centerfire rifle and pistol cartridges into the air is a stupid thing to do. Getting hit by a .45 or any 30 caliber class rifle projectile is likely to inflict serious damage requiring medical attention but unlikely to be deadly. 9mm or .223 rounds are liable to be like getting shot on top of the head with a paintball gun when you’re not expecting it. It’ll hurt, it could well knock you out, but you’re unlikely to require medical attention. Buckshot and .22lr is probably akin to a kid throwing a small rock at you.