AP: In Kansas City, hope for a Super Bowl victory comes with fear of celebratory gunf

[Prison Bitch]

AP: In Kansas City, hope for a Super Bowl victory comes with fear of celebratory gunfire



KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While many in the Kansas City area will be cheering Sunday for the Chiefs to win another Super Bowl, there is one thing that police hope is not repeated this year: people marking the occasion by firing guns into the air.

Last year, police received more than 160 calls to 911 about gunfire between 5 and 10 p.m. Most of those calls were attributed people celebrating the Super Bowl.

“We want people to celebrate responsibly, but they need to be safe,” Sgt. Jacob Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department, said Friday during a news conference outside police headquarters. “It is not safe to shoot a gun off in an unknown direction or up into the air.”

https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/in-kansas-city-hope-for-a-super-bowl-victory-comes-with-fear-of-celebratory-gunfire/article_22499404-c418-5cfd-b8c0-9549ae339337.html

[comochiefsfan]

'Merica!!!

[Prison Bitch]

Whatever happened to bottle rockets and firecrackers?

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

at least they don't burn shit down like other cities...

[Sofa King]

With the price of ammunition they'd be better off just lighting cash on fire to celebrate.

[RustShack]

How much of it was actually fireworks instead of gunshots lol. I was in Leawood and definitely heard/saw a lot of fireworks.

[Titty Meat]

On New Years KC sounded like a war zone. High powered ammo for a good 30 mins

[bdj23]

Whatever happened to bottle rockets and firecrackers?

Most people can't tell the difference

I've had cops show up to my house in the past cuz I got drunk and lit off fireworks for "reported gunshots".

[Megatron96]

On New Years KC sounded like a war zone. High powered ammo for a good 30 mins

LMAO
Probably not. True high powered ammo is expensive, and the vast majority would be fired from something like a bolt-action. Firing a bunch of .30-06 for example with the rifle pointed nearly straight up is a recipe for a shoulder injury. And statistically most reports of gunshots around the holidays (the 4th, New Years) are actually just fireworks. The average citizen can't tell the difference.

[Kman34]

I’m going to shoot something off but it won’t be a gun...

[Why Not?]

Most people can't tell the difference


That's a fact. When I lived in Gilbert (a top 5 safest place in America for years) the NextDoor app would be filled on a weekly basis with posts about

"did you hear those gunshots last night?" I almost posted a retort that we must live in an area populated only by Storm Troopers because you would never see follow ups on the neighborhood app or in the paper/news about gunshot victims, property damage, hurt pets, etc.

I guess to a lot of people:

gunshots=car backfire=fireworks=unexplained loud noises of any kind

[Demonpenz]

Gunshots don't echo

[KCUnited]

GUNF!!!

[Buehler445]

That's a fact. When I lived in Gilbert (a top 5 safest place in America for years) the NextDoor app would be filled on a weekly basis with posts about

"did you hear those gunshots last night?" I almost posted a retort that we must live in an area populated only by Storm Troopers because you would never see follow ups on the neighborhood app or in the paper/news about gunshot victims, property damage, hurt pets, etc.

I guess to a lot of people:

gunshots=car backfire=fireworks=unexplained loud noises of any kind

Storm Troopers. ROFL

[Titty Meat]

LMAO
Probably not. True high powered ammo is expensive, and the vast majority would be fired from something like a bolt-action. Firing a bunch of .30-06 for example with the rifle pointed nearly straight up is a recipe for a shoulder injury. And statistically most reports of gunshots around the holidays (the 4th, New Years) are actually just fireworks. The average citizen can't tell the difference.

I can tell the difference and there was definitely high caliber ammo being shot off.


https://fox4kc.com/news/its-stupid-gunshots-ring-out-in-kc-to-celebrate-new-year-leaving-city-leaders-frustrated/

[Eureka]

PEOPLE! Put the IROC Camaros in the garage on Sunday. Don't risk it being hit with a falling bullet.

[Megatron96]

I can tell the difference and there was definitely high caliber ammo being shot off.


https://fox4kc.com/news/its-stupid-gunshots-ring-out-in-kc-to-celebrate-new-year-leaving-city-leaders-frustrated/

:rolleyes:
And everyone says that. What’s considered “high-powered” nowadays?

[FlaChief58]

I just came here to figure out what the hell "gunf" is

[Titty Meat]

:rolleyes:
And everyone says that. What’s considered “high-powered” nowadays?

You're 1 of those guys huh?

[Sofa King]

I’m going to shoot something off but it won’t be a gun...

Underappreciated post.

[Megatron96]

You're 1 of those guys huh?

Yes. Experienced and educated. And because of libtards even the term “high-powered” has shifted in the past decade or so. But broadly speaking, these days anything larger than 9mm seems to be “high-powered .”

[Frazod]

With the price of ammunition they'd be better off just lighting cash on fire to celebrate.

No shit. Not to mention how hard it is to find.

[displacedinMN]

This could be any major city today.

[Spott]

I think Gunfer Cunningham will celebrate responsibly.

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

I assume considering the opponent. It will be cannons, perhaps civil war ones

Edit: please do not try this

[srvy]

LMAO
Probably not. True high powered ammo is expensive, and the vast majority would be fired from something like a bolt-action. Firing a bunch of .30-06 for example with the rifle pointed nearly straight up is a recipe for a shoulder injury. And statistically most reports of gunshots around the holidays (the 4th, New Years) are actually just fireworks. The average citizen can't tell the difference.

Yep and if you have an app like neighborhood or nextdoor that's a favorite post. Did you just hear gunshots in bla bla neighborhood? Those apps have become the gunshots and lost doggie and kittie network nowadays.

Popular in the old days waterfowl market hunters would use punt guns to clean out ducks and geese and it was legal then. Bet there were some sore shoulders but alas they were tougher then.

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[Prison Bitch]

Who the hell would shoot a gun off for New Year’s?

[Bowser]

SUPER SPREADER GUNFIRE CELEBRATION

[D.A.P.]

In.

[redfan]

Who among us doesn’t love a nice celebratory gunf? Why, I had a good one two days ago.

[Bob Dole]

When I lived in town, I developed a roof leak in early January. Climbed up on the roof and found a bullet hole. Stop doing that shit.

[Bob Dole]

Yep and if you have an app like neighborhood or nextdoor that's a favorite post. Did you just hear gunshots in bla bla neighborhood? Those apps have become the gunshots and lost doggie and kittie network nowadays.

Popular in the old days waterfowl market hunters would use punt guns to clean out ducks and geese and it was legal then. Bet there were some sore shoulders but alas they were tougher then.

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My neighborhood app would have people asking why they didn’t hear any gunshots. I heard at least 30 when I was working outside this morning.

[Oh Snap]

On New Years KC sounded like a war zone. High powered ammo for a good 30 mins

They're called fireworks

[eDave]

I do like gunf as a word.

[LiveSteam]

Whatever happened to bottle rockets and firecrackers?

Around 1350 some crazy man shoved a fire cracker and a rock into a tubular object. Mankind has never looked back

FTR. Prisonbitch has never fired a gun.

[LiveSteam]

With the price of ammunition they'd be better off just lighting cash on fire to celebrate.

Thread ender.

[crayzkirk]

I've got some really wimpy mortars that I hope to celebrate with...

[Marcellus]

This is a writer in search of a story and nothing more.

[eDave]

This is a writer in search of a story and nothing more.

Shooting guns recklessly, and unlawfully, is super cool.

[Titty Meat]

They're called fireworks

It wasnt fireworks

[Rain Man]

This makes no sense. Why would Raiders fans be celebrating a Chiefs Super Bowl win?

[Marcellus]

Shooting guns recklessly, and unlawfully, is super cool.

Yea people die from SB celebrations all the time.

[Chief Roundup]

People that shoot firearms up in the air in celebration of New Years, Independence, or SB victory should not have guns.

[Rain Man]

I've got some really wimpy mortars that I hope to celebrate with...

Be sure to use them outside. I won't make that mistake again.

[stevieray]

Get your bullets off my lawn!

[Prison Bitch]

FTR. Prisonbitch has never fired a gun.


Fact check: true ^

[Bob Dole]

Fact check: true ^

Wow. I could say that when I was 7.

I’m not criticizing. It’s just a foreign concept to me.

[Prison Bitch]

Yep. Never shot a gun.


Can’t believe folks do so for a lame holiday like NYE. We win tomorrow and I’m having a shot of bourbon.

[eDave]

Wow. I could say that when I was 7.

I’m not criticizing. It’s just a foreign concept to me.

Only twice for me. One was with a dorm mate in college. I remember how great it felt. Loved it. Second was hunting Quail in Lennox, IA with my in-laws. Loved it.

Don't own one.

[Bob Dole]

Yep. Never shot a gun.


Can’t believe folks do so for a lame holiday like NYE.

I’m not wasting ammo on anything but food or varmints.

[Rasputin]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While many in the Kansas City area will be cheering Sunday for the Chiefs to win another Super Bowl, there is one thing that police hope is not repeated this year: people marking the occasion by firing guns into the air.




Call me ignorant but isn't it better for them to shoot guns in the air than say horizontally in the direction of people?

[eDave]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While many in the Kansas City area will be cheering Sunday for the Chiefs to win another Super Bowl, there is one thing that police hope is not repeated this year: people marking the occasion by firing guns into the air.




Call me ignorant but isn't it better for them to shoot guns in the air than say horizontally in the direction of people?

Bullets go up, bullets come down.

[displacedinMN]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While many in the Kansas City area will be cheering Sunday for the Chiefs to win another Super Bowl, there is one thing that police hope is not repeated this year: people marking the occasion by firing guns into the air.




Call me ignorant but isn't it better for them to shoot guns in the air than say horizontally in the direction of people?

when I took my handgun class-instructor said that if fired at the wrong angle, they can still cause damage or injury far away depending on caliber.

[Chief Roundup]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While many in the Kansas City area will be cheering Sunday for the Chiefs to win another Super Bowl, there is one thing that police hope is not repeated this year: people marking the occasion by firing guns into the air.




Call me ignorant but isn't it better for them to shoot guns in the air than say horizontally in the direction of people?

Sure hope you do not own a gun.

[displacedinMN]

I still have my pump action BB gun from 1979.

[Frazod]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While many in the Kansas City area will be cheering Sunday for the Chiefs to win another Super Bowl, there is one thing that police hope is not repeated this year: people marking the occasion by firing guns into the air.




Call me ignorant but isn't it better for them to shoot guns in the air than say horizontally in the direction of people?

Well, it's still stupid and irresponsible, but obviously not nearly as bad as aimed shots fired in the direction of others.

A shot fired in the air is dangerous, but when it falls back to earth, the bullet isn't traveling at muzzle velocity; just gravity velocity. Probably wouldn't kill a person, but as with any small metal object falling from a great distance, it could do serious bodily harm.

[Chief Roundup]

Well, it's still stupid and irresponsible, but obviously not nearly as bad as aimed shots fired in the direction of others.

A shot fired in the air is dangerous, but when it falls back to earth, the bullet isn't traveling at muzzle velocity; just gravity velocity. Probably wouldn't kill a person, but as with any small metal object falling from a great distance, it could do serious bodily harm.

Mythbusters showed that a bullet can and will kill depending on the caliber.

[LiveSteam]

Use a shotgun. Go crazy shooting at the clouds with bird shot...

As for mythbusters. I suppose if I drop a 16 inch Iowa class navel round on your head.. You gonna die.

[LiveSteam]

Fact check: true ^

You'd like the old Civil war fire arms I bet.

Burnt blackpowder residue, smells like rotten pussy.
True story.

[RetiredSeniorChief]

I have a backyard shooting range. But, there are no police to call where I live.

[Monticore]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While many in the Kansas City area will be cheering Sunday for the Chiefs to win another Super Bowl, there is one thing that police hope is not repeated this year: people marking the occasion by firing guns into the air.




Call me ignorant but isn't it better for them to shoot guns in the air than say horizontally in the direction of people?
I assume the bullet will come down at some point and even at a much slower could still cause some damage

[Prison Bitch]

You'd like the old Civil war fire arms I bet.

Burnt blackpowder residue, smells like rotten pussy.
True story.

Man, I never knew what I was missing!:drool:

[Megatron96]

Mythbusters showed that a bullet can and will kill depending on the caliber.

Lot of variables. But the short version is that small light bullets probably won't kill anyone, while larger heavier ones might. Of course, the odds of being hit by a falling round are extremely small.

[Marcellus]

I thin shooting into the air to celebrate is pretty damn stupid to begin with but......This may sound strange to some people but you know if you are concerned about this the simple solution is to simply not go outside into a freezing ass cold night for no reason. Especially in the extremely rare possibility you hear gunshots near by.

[vonBobo]

My neighborhood is a fucking nightmare of gunfire for any celebration including full auto, high capacity mags, etc. Really there were times when I would hear gunfire almost every night. I collect shells that I find when walking or biking the neighborhood.

The gunfire has decreased dramatically over the last 6 months. The celebrations like NYE now only last 5 minutes and the intensity was likely a third. The nightly gunfire has gone from 4 or 5 times a week to maybe once a week.
Kind of been loving this expensive ammunition "problem"!

[vonBobo]

Especially in the extremely rare possibility you hear gunshots near by.

You live in Joco?

[Bowser]

GUNF!!!

GUNNFFFF

[LiveSteam]

Im gonna load up five 12 gauge 3 inch mags with some rock salt I have for the driveway.
Thats safe and nontoxic.

[Over Yonder]

Wow. I could say that when I was 7.

I’m not criticizing. It’s just a foreign concept to me.

Same here. I was shooting a BB gun probably by 4-5. Got my first .22 when I was 7 I believe. Killed my first deer with a 7.62 Russian at age 9. Still have the horn mount. In my family, boys are born with a rifle in our hands (I would imagine it's pretty painful for the mothers :eek: :D )

[wazu]

Should be okay this year. Nobody can afford to waste ammunition.

[SuperBowl4]

Whatever happened to bottle rockets and firecrackers?Pots and pans!

[Prison Bitch]

This is what we got for the kids if we win. I like to live on the edge:


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