I didn’t realize it was a thing in North America. Despite the infamously high gun ownership in NA, I usually connect celebratory gunfire with Balkans, Turkey and Arab cultures.
I associate it with any holiday that also has fireworks and professional sports victories. I guess there is more that joins us than separates us when it comes to irresponsible firearm usage.
Ahh, yes; one man named Cornpop has distilled the status quo. I think it’s pretty clear from him calling others “gun nuts” that he’s not into gun culture.
Anyone who regularly uses guns here would have the same advice for Cornpop. Presuming that any firearm is already loaded is basic gun safety and even the most conservative NRA member would tell you the same. This isn’t remotely reflective of anyone who regularly owns guns in the U. S.
I used to live in both too and I heard it a lot in Houston during the holidays and when the Astros won the world series. I heard random gunfire so much in New Orleans I stopped calling the cops. One time I saw a guy shoot at a group outside a bar I was working at and the cops didn’t come for like 40 minutes. No one was hit but if they would have stopped and talked to us we could have told them who it was. Things were wild there for a few years after Katrina compared to before.
In St. Louis, celebratory gunfire is common every New Years and 4th of July. So much that people die from falling bullets pretty much every time, and it also leads to a lot of property damage to roofs and whatnot.
Ive never heard it anywhere else personally, but I would imagine it happens to some extent in other large cities
Houston, New Orleans, SWLA. I never heard it in the other 5 states I’ve stayed in but I try to live rurally when my situation permits so I can’t speak to the large cities of those other states.
I didn’t realize it was a thing in North America. Despite the infamously high gun ownership in NA, I usually connect celebratory gunfire with Balkans, Turkey and Arab cultures.
You’d see it in old Western movies, but those were pure fiction.
Not unusual to find bullets in eaves of US homes.
I’ve never seen anyone shoot guns at a wedding, but then again I’ve never been to a wedding west of the appalachains
To be clear I’ve never seen anyone shoot a gun at a wedding (and I’ve been to some trashy weddings) I just meant celebratory gunfire in general
I associate it with any holiday that also has fireworks and professional sports victories. I guess there is more that joins us than separates us when it comes to irresponsible firearm usage.
After this interaction it became quite clear the lack of basic firearm safety in America
Ahh, yes; one man named Cornpop has distilled the status quo. I think it’s pretty clear from him calling others “gun nuts” that he’s not into gun culture.
Anyone who regularly uses guns here would have the same advice for Cornpop. Presuming that any firearm is already loaded is basic gun safety and even the most conservative NRA member would tell you the same. This isn’t remotely reflective of anyone who regularly owns guns in the U. S.
Is that in Texas? I’ve never heard of it anywhere else in the US.
I used to live in Texas. Very, VERY rare to hear celebratory gunfire. I also live in New Orleans, and it was very common there.
Common in North Carolina New Years.
I used to live in both too and I heard it a lot in Houston during the holidays and when the Astros won the world series. I heard random gunfire so much in New Orleans I stopped calling the cops. One time I saw a guy shoot at a group outside a bar I was working at and the cops didn’t come for like 40 minutes. No one was hit but if they would have stopped and talked to us we could have told them who it was. Things were wild there for a few years after Katrina compared to before.
Lol I’m going to Houston for the first time tomorrow
Houston is a big place. The vast majority of it is safe and some of it is pleasant.
I lived in Austin, so different crowd. Houston was West Louisiana anyways, especially after Katrina.
Yeah, they are still complaining about it over there.
In St. Louis, celebratory gunfire is common every New Years and 4th of July. So much that people die from falling bullets pretty much every time, and it also leads to a lot of property damage to roofs and whatnot.
Ive never heard it anywhere else personally, but I would imagine it happens to some extent in other large cities
Houston, New Orleans, SWLA. I never heard it in the other 5 states I’ve stayed in but I try to live rurally when my situation permits so I can’t speak to the large cities of those other states.
Where do you live??
Mostly the United States South but long stretches out west and up north too.
Guns at events is something I associate with more rural or impoverished areas thats why I was asking
I think impoverished would be the common thread in my experience
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