• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    wow. people in here don’t know what a warning shot is. this is crazy. it’s a shot someone fires on the ground or in the water near someone to quickly tell them by the sound and where the shot hits that continuing their actions means the next shot will be aimed at them and will likely kill them. it’s a quick last resort to prevent killing them.

    sometimes warning shots are fired in the air, when there is no safe spot on the ground or in the water, but that’s worse, because the shots will come down uncontrolled somewhere. it’s still better than killing people right away.

    • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 hours ago

      “Warning shots” fired at the ground are incredibly dangerous and can kill someone as well. The OP is right, there is no safe way to fire a warning shot.