webfact Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Bullet tip hits woman in head at Central World countdownBy Coconuts BangkokBANGKOK: -- A Vietnamese woman was admitted to hospital for stitches on New Year’s Day after the tip of a bullet hit her in the head, according to her Thai friend who went public with the story yesterday.A Thai woman, only identified as Dew, said she took her friend to the elevated walkway above Ratchadamri Road to enjoy the New Year’s Eve countdown at Central World.Suddenly, her Vietnamese friend said her head hurt. Dew took her to the first aid tent at the event. The medical team there then transferred her to the Police Hospital, saying she needed stitches. [read more...]Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2015/01/08/bullet-tip-hits-woman-head-central-world-countdown-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-01-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVGerry Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Some idiot firing his gun in the air for new year. Lucky no one was seriously hurt or died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Did the bullet lodge in her hair. That was very lucky. Bullets on the way down, if that is what happened have killed people in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickymaster Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Some idiot firing his gun in the air for new year. Lucky no one was seriously hurt or died. If that is the bullet in question it looks like a ricochet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJoad Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bigt116 Posted January 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2015 Some idiot firing his gun in the air for new year. Lucky no one was seriously hurt or died. If that is the bullet in question it looks like a ricochet. Actually it looks nothing like a ricochet, there is no damage or disfigurement of the round, as would be expected of a ricochet. :-) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Bullet "tip." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigt116 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical A mute point, due to the fact that barrels are not made to fire a round in a straight line. They are made so that the trajectory of the round is an arc, landing at the correct zeroing point at the correct distance for that weapon system. The reason this is done is because of gravity, the round will fall as it is in flight, so the barrel will be made to fire the round at a slight upwards angle to allow for the fall of the round. :-) Edited January 8, 2015 by bigt116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickyrice2000 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Another reason to stay home during New Year. There are drunk drivers and fools shooting gun up the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sviss Geez Posted January 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2015 a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical Why not, is a gun any different from any other object? If it is held at 90 degrees to the ground then it would be vertical. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted January 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2015 Gravity will come into the school curriculum around 2025........what goes up, must come down. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Firing a bullet vertically into the air is virtually impossible... and if so the bullets 'free fall' back to earth will be slowed by air resistance, it will tumble - the terminal velocity of the bullet reaches 'sub lethal' velocity. However, when fired at a non-vertical angle a bullet maintains its spin and firing arc - the velocities are maintained and the bullet remains lethal.... (Mythbusters) The news is repeated at this time of year each year - there are similar reports of damage..... Gun culture in Thailand is worrying.... uneducated morons showing off their fire-arms to friends who encourage rather than poor scorn on this behaviour... in these specific cases 'the blind leading the blind' ? more like 'the extremely idiotic leading extreme idiots'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan michaud Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... alt=facepalm.gif> Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. You don't say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commerce Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Let's be grateful Thai lads haven't discovered crossbows or French-arrows yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canman Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical A mute point, due to the fact that barrels are not made to fire a round in a straight line. They are made so that the trajectory of the round is an arc, landing at the correct zeroing point at the correct distance for that weapon system. The reason this is done is because of gravity, the round will fall as it is in flight, so the barrel will be made to fire the round at a slight upwards angle to allow for the fall of the round. :-) Where did you get that info? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canman Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uel1968 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 A gun is something not to be messed around with,even with someone who knows what they are doing,when in the hands of a brainless idiot,"lethal" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 If was fired vertically, as many are wasting space arguing (there is a random chance of that happening, btw) then could this be considered attempted suicide? She would have been one to fire it, unless shooter briefly stood on her shoulders.... LOS is known for random violence of most odd forms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted January 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical A mute point, due to the fact that barrels are not made to fire a round in a straight line. They are made so that the trajectory of the round is an arc, landing at the correct zeroing point at the correct distance for that weapon system. The reason this is done is because of gravity, the round will fall as it is in flight, so the barrel will be made to fire the round at a slight upwards angle to allow for the fall of the round. :-) lot of rubbish. I worked at a government small arms factory for many years, all our barrels were dead straight and were corrected if not. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical A mute point, due to the fact that barrels are not made to fire a round in a straight line. They are made so that the trajectory of the round is an arc, landing at the correct zeroing point at the correct distance for that weapon system. The reason this is done is because of gravity, the round will fall as it is in flight, so the barrel will be made to fire the round at a slight upwards angle to allow for the fall of the round. :-) "mute point" indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 GSW injuries during New Year etc happen every year here. The only thing that is changing is that we're more likely to hear about it these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical A mute point, due to the fact that barrels are not made to fire a round in a straight line. They are made so that the trajectory of the round is an arc, landing at the correct zeroing point at the correct distance for that weapon system. The reason this is done is because of gravity, the round will fall as it is in flight, so the barrel will be made to fire the round at a slight upwards angle to allow for the fall of the round. :-) Where did you get that info? likely from a mute. on another note, while it seems likely some moron was shooting in the air, the discussion of true vertical and the ensuing attempts to sound intelligent are laughable. Edited January 8, 2015 by HooHaa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Bullet "tip." Yeah, Thai reporters say the funniest and stupidest things. Who ever says, "bullet tip". She was hit with a "bullet" period. Who could possibly know or care want part of the bullet hit her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran2698 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical A mute point, due to the fact that barrels are not made to fire a round in a straight line. They are made so that the trajectory of the round is an arc, landing at the correct zeroing point at the correct distance for that weapon system. The reason this is done is because of gravity, the round will fall as it is in flight, so the barrel will be made to fire the round at a slight upwards angle to allow for the fall of the round. :-) You are thinking of the sights not the barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Gravity will come into the school curriculum around 2025........what goes up, must come down. perhaps they don't believe in gravity as do many expats using anti-gravity pills, sildenafil i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaleboneman Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Perhaps the bullet should have gone straight up and then straight down... Perhaps it depended on the angle the gun was pointed when the trigger was pulled. Vertically it probably would come more or less straight back down. Pointed at an angle less than vertical, then it won't. a hand held gun could never be held exactly vertical A mute point, due to the fact that barrels are not made to fire a round in a straight line. They are made so that the trajectory of the round is an arc, landing at the correct zeroing point at the correct distance for that weapon system. The reason this is done is because of gravity, the round will fall as it is in flight, so the barrel will be made to fire the round at a slight upwards angle to allow for the fall of the round. :-) lot of rubbish. I worked at a government small arms factory for many years, all our barrels were dead straight and were corrected if not. So I guess it is a "mute" point. But good to know everyone here studied physics in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffP Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 "So I guess it is a "mute" point. But good to know everyone here studied physics in school." Studied? Maybe. Learned, mostly NOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebonykap Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I went to Central World for the Countdown a couple of years ago. Biggest cattleyard I have ever seen. Before the night was over, I was wishing someone would shoot me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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