In Oregon, when I lived in the country, I often heard rifles going off at midnight of New Year's Eve, and hated it. I don't remember ever hearing of anyone being underneath when it came down, however. Mostly what I feared - besides the effect on my dogs- was that inevitably the people shooting them off were also drinking.

"It is an example of stupidity that causes people to cry out for a band on owning firearms"

Glad to see you brought music into this thread, DougR!