Based on television reports, there have been numerous victims of stray bullets during New Year’s Eve. Despite the police’s warning against indiscriminate firing, still there are people who would rather ignore this and go on with their merrymaking at the expense of other people. If you were one of those who fired your gun, have you ever thought that maybe it was your bullet that injured another human being? Or worse, killed another person?

A stray bullet, even if fired on the air can hurt people on the ground. Any falling object will reach a velocity where its air resistance equals the acceleration of gravity. At that time, it will continue to fall at that velocity, its terminal velocity.