I agree with this in spirit, but we use this language for inanimate objects that lack agency all the time. If I built a car and let it roll down a hill with no one in it and it hit a person, we would say “the car ran a person over”. This does not imply agency on the car’s part, and it does not imply that I am not responsible.

It has been open as a tourist destination, he wants to reopen it as a prison. I went there when I was a kid.

That is opt-in. Doesn’t make it ethical but it is a much different question. I can always leave my phone at home but I can’t opt out of Flock cameras.

I’m not defending shooting into the air, I’m just disputing the “extremely high likelihood” that you will hit a person.

If by “extremely high likelihood” you mean “a remote but non zero chance” then I agree. It’s obviously too high a chance to take when it could result in someone’s death, but there’s just to much empty space between people to make it likely he would hit someone.

Yeah, the hard part is getting the critical material.