[Steely Tom]

A small price to pay for Cultural Diversity.

[\/\/ayne]

It's interesting that in many cities police were required to fire a warning shot in the air before shooting somebody that was running away. Now, of course, things are different. They can't just shoot someone for running away anyhow - plus they finally realized what comes up must come down.

If only drunk people on New Years could realize it.

[Brilliant]

Only a holes do that.

[EvilCapitalist]

Whatever happened to running up and down the street banging on a metal pot with a wooden spoon?

[rktman]

Booze and bullets are never a good combo.

[SES1066]

While it is all too obvious that there are many terminally stupid Americans (Democrats especially), the insane act of firing a gun into the air in celebration has not, IMHO, been a tradition here, north of the Rio Grande. So is this yet another job for immigrants to do that normal citizens won’t do?

Sympathies and prayers for the family and friends. R.I.P.!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Why I won’t go outside when they’re shooting off crap. I couldn’t tell if it was fireworks or gunshots or both. RIP.

[Drew68]

Looks like she lived in a nice neighborhood too. Freakin’ idiots. I hope they find the a$$hole responsible and send him to prison for a long, long time.

[pnz1]

I don’t get this? I’ve never known anyone who did “celebratory gunfire” and I’ve known gun owners and lived with guns my whole life?

[Moonman62]

Philippa Ashford, 61, was celebrating with her loved ones just after midnight in a cul-de-sac of Houston’s Laurel Oaks neighborhood...

...

Looks like a nice neighborhood on Google Street View.

[Mariner]

For those who simply must fire their weapons in celebration...

FIRE STRAIGHT UP!!

Because you don’t want to murder a stranger.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Right out of college I used to live in a bad area of Los Angeles. New Year’s was filled with shotgun and rifle blasts into the air, despite all the public warnings about how dangerous this was.

[rawcatslyentist]

Diversity celebrating with the deadly weapons that Americans won’t.

[txeagle]

I’m a home inspector and there’s 2 nearby towns where for the next couple of months, noting bullets lodged in roof coverings will occur with great regularity.

[Right Wing Assault]

Was Florida Man visiting Texas? What idiots.

[bethelgrad]

Yeah this is a third world practice. Inshallah

[dila813]

I saw this on myth busters where they tested this and the only way they could make it lethal was to fire at an angle of less than 45 degrees so it hits you at an angle where there is still a lot of energy from the gun firing.

Maybe wouldn’t kill you but wouldn’t want to get hit by it