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If you shot a gun in the opposite direction of travel while in a vehicle going the same speed as the maximum speed of the gun's bullet (a jet perhaps), would an observer at the point of ignition see a bullet just fall to the ground and tumble in front of them?

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If you shot a gun in the opposite direction of travel while in a vehicle going the same speed as the maximum speed of the gun's bullet (a jet perhaps), would an observer at the point of ignition see a bullet just fall to the ground and tumble in front of them?	2735