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