XPost: 24hoursupport.helpdesk, alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc   
   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: NOTsomeone@microsoft.com   
      
   On 03/02/2017 16:17, Ophelia wrote:   
   > "Davey"  wrote in message news:o72859$48i$3@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:46:14 +0000   
   > GB  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 03/02/2017 13:04, Omega wrote:   
   >> > On 03/02/2017 11:20, burfordTjustice wrote   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > "...the soldier was slightly injured, and responded with five   
   >> > shots."   
   >> >   
   >> > And didn't kill him outright!  What the fuck was he firing, a pea   
   >> > shooter?   
   >>   
   >> He only hit him once out of the five. The police in the UK use   
   >> expanding ammunition - effectively dum dum bullets. These are banned   
   >> on the battlefield, so the soldier would have been using solid   
   >> bullets, which are less likely to be lethal.   
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   >>   
   >> >   
   >> > omega   
   >> >   
   >> >   
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   >   
   > I believe the Louvre is in France, not the UK. What do French police   
   > use?   
   >   
   > Davey.   
   > ====   
   >   
   > Correction: The police do not use Dum Dum like bullets. A Dum Dum was   
   > designed to break apart on impact so as to maximise damage and make   
   > treatment as difficult as possible.  Expanding ammo might have simply an   
   > all lead bullet or one with an exposed lead tip that will cause it to   
   > expand and minimise over penetration to reduce risk of injury to   
   > innocent people on the other side of the criminal from the shooter.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
      
   I agree that the ammunition that British police use is not designed to   
   break into separate pieces. Nevertheless, it does vastly more damage to   
   the human body than a non-expanding bullet. The only possible   
   justification is that it is less likely to penetrate right through the   
   target than a non-expanding bullet.   
      
   I suggest studying some photos of what expanding ammunition does to   
   people. It's pretty disgusting that our police use it.   
      
   As to nomenclature, see below:   
      
   "Expanding bullets were given the name Dum-dum, or dumdum, after an   
   early British example produced in the Dum Dum Arsenal, near Calcutta,   
   India by Captain Neville Bertie-Clay.[6][7] There were several expanding   
   bullets produced by this arsenal for the .303 British cartridge,   
   including soft point and hollow point designs."   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanding_bullet   
      
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