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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by wlll on Sunday November 06, 2022 @08:32AM (#33492426)
If you fired a gun into the air in the UK I'm pretty sure that a) You'd get in pretty serious trouble for it by itself and b) if you killed or injured someone that trouble would be significantly multiplied to the extent you'd end up in prison. I think it would be a manslaughter charge.
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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by lsllc on Sunday November 06, 2022 @09:31AM (#33493000)
In most areas of the US recklessly discharging a firearm into the air would also get you in serious trouble (even in rural areas) along with a (lesser) murder charge if you killed someone.

FWIW, according to a study published by the National Library of Medicine, "celebratory gunfire" accounts for 4.6% of all stray bullet-related deaths and injuries:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22743389/

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Re:New Long March 5B Uncontrolled Reentry Tracked by Aerospa... by causality0 on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:14AM (#33501472)
Right. Just as with the space debris, it should be illegal and prosecuted but it's quite unlikely to actually kill someone when only performed a few times. It's the habit you have to prevent.
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