Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhy don't police use rubber bullets instead of live rounds? I get if someone is holding a loaded weapon. But wouldn't a rubber bullet have the same effect with out putting holes in another person?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down16
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't police use rubber bullets instead of live rounds? I get if someone is holding a loaded weapon. But wouldn't a rubber bullet have the same effect with out putting holes in another person?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoMany in Northern Ireland were killed or blinded by rubber bullets used by British military.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAs an American kid, The Troubles was where I first heard the term “rubber bullet”.
Many in Northern Ireland were killed or blinded by rubber bullets used by British military.
Pretty sure they were invented here
As an American kid, The Troubles was where I first heard the term “rubber bullet”.