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These will definitely have enough "oomph" to be lethal and it's not that hard to find evidence to support that fact. I did an internet search looking for deaths from descending bullets some time ago and found enough documented instances to convince even the most skeptical.
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Here's a first hand anecdotal example: I covered the first Gulf War as a photojournalist, with the 1st Marine Div, and ended up in Kuwait City the day it was liberated (SEALs and maybe CIA paras were there the day before, at least). The city was going totally wild with celebration for days, mainly along the seaside boulevard near the US Embassy. There were the usual wingnuts capping off their AKs into the air like firecrackers...hundreds of rounds. Here's the "joke": instead of aiming out over the sea just across the road, they were usually pointing their muzzles over the city. You guessed it...every day, people killed and wounded by falling projectiles. Pure genius!
On New Years, many LAPD patrol units working the late show pull into parking garages at midnight, because of falling lead.