Posted on 01/08/2017 9:02:27 AM PST by marktwain
As part of my job, I am up on roofs on a regular basis. I have found bullets on roofs on several occasions (pistol or 22 bullets almost exclusively). They are usually just barely embedded in asphalt/ fiberglass shingles. I’ve never seen one go completely through the shingles and roof decking, but obviously it could happen if fired at a low angle or from a short distance with a relatively high power cartridge. I definitely wouldn’t want to get hit in the head with a spent bullet, regardless.
Don’t be so racist, it’s the way Mexican’s celebrate. /s
LOL, That is why when we were forced to work new year’s eve every year, most of us would pull our vehicles up under the nearest covered parking area or concrete parking tower at midnight and stay there as long as you could or until you were dispatched to the next call, which was usually pretty quick. Especially if working in the hood. The dayshift would respond to many calls the next day and week of people finding a bullet on the floor of their house or a hole in their ceiling. Yes what goes up must come down.
Do you recall if the hole was round, or oblong?
From that, you might deduce a direction.
As the roof was pitched, the probability that it came from one hemisphere over the other is increased substantially.
They are usually just barely embedded in asphalt/ fiberglass shingles
I have read the same. It indicates that the terminal velocity of those projectiles if fairly low.
Dang! Best wishes for a full recovery to Rep. Martinez.
Chinese?
Mexican?
Cowboy?
Like Frank Burns he was hit by a shell fragment.
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