Cameron2trade:

You made 2 really big mistakes that jump out at me.

1) You borrowed someone else's gun and did not familiarize yourself with it.

2) You did not identify a danger or target before shooting into the air.

I don't know the rules of the area you were in, but if it was a National Park with strict rules regarding firearms carry, you should have been relieved of the pistol by the "park rangers?"

Bountyhunter