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I keep seeing/hearing mention of rubber bullets, but I can't find any recent use of rubber bullets. Only pepper balls, sponge rounds, & bean bags.
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Here, 'rubber bullets' are first in the headline, but there are no documented cases of their use recently. And I'm hearing senators say the same shit. 2/8 https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/07/24/rubber-bullets-less-lethal-weapons-victims-police-protesters-decades/5410519002/
Rubber bullets are, as best I can tell, more serious and dangerous than bean bags or sponge rounds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_bullet
But all 'kinetic impact rounds' or 'baton rounds' are now being called rubber bullets. 3/8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_bullet
But all 'kinetic impact rounds' or 'baton rounds' are now being called rubber bullets. 3/8
This representative of what's in use now. Not a rubber bullet. A plastic one with a foam tip.
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This is an actual rubber bullet. I get that I'm autistic, but these distinctions matter. 5/8 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30020432
But if you want to hear the view of those who see these newer variants as not less lethal, but more so, this seems representative of that position. 6/8
https://www.nihrc.org/uploads/publications/baton-rounds-review-human-rights-framework-2003.pdf
https://www.nihrc.org/uploads/publications/baton-rounds-review-human-rights-framework-2003.pdf
And here's a (presumably) more scientific review. 7/8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5736036/
And here's (typical?) NGO activist material. 8/8
https://s3.amazonaws.com/PHR_Reports/lethal-in-disguise.pdf
https://s3.amazonaws.com/PHR_Reports/lethal-in-disguise.pdf
