I understand her frustration. But the truth is, a bullet shot from the ground cannot reach a balloon flying at 66,000 ft altitude.

All that shooting bullets straight up in the air would do is create a hazard of piercing bullets dropping from the sky at 150 mph, possibly damaging buildings, cars, people and animals. Bad idea!

And, as many of us have been saying, if the balloon is a weapon, could it house pathogens, viruses, or fentanyl? If so, puncturing it would release these toxins into the upper atmosphere, carrying them across wide reaches of the U.S.