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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
A controlled setting? Really? It looked to me like they had various items with flammable liquids in them which would get "blowed up" when shot at. Not to mention the 1990 vintage beater that they somehow released down a hill to a torrent of machine gun fire (which also "blowed up good" much to the delight of the crowd).
You really consider that a controlled setting?
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If it's in a closed area, with generally nothing around it, then yeah, it's perfectly fine. There is always the risk of ricochet or schrapnel, but the line is pretty far away. The stuff that was exploding (can't watch the video here, but I think I've seen it) is called tannerite. I've seen some shot before, and it's fun stuff.
Cars are really softer than you think. Bullets are not going to just bounce off and fly back at the shooters, so a couple hundred yards is fine for hosing at an old beater car. As far as explosions, as long as again, the shooters are at a good range to avoid schrapnel, AND the area is not prone to wildfires, what's the problem?
In this situation, as any other (racing at the track), the participants accept some measure of risk in participating.