XPost: 24hoursupport.helpdesk, alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc   
   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: davey@example.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:33:16 +0000   
   Omega  wrote:   
      
   > On 03/02/2017 13:46, 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.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >>   
   > >> omega   
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   > >   
   >   
   >   
   > Thank you, I hadn't read, that he missed four times, out of his five   
   > shots.   
   >   
   > Heat of the moment and little time to think aside, it does concern me   
   > four bullets went elsewhere other than the target, in, a reportedly,   
   > busy indoor Mall.   
   >   
   > Thankfully no other harmed?   
   >   
   > omega   
   >   
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   >   
      
   There was a case some years ago in the US where an immigrant, standing   
   in a house doorway and not responding to police instructions, had 42   
   shots fired at him, 19 of which hit him, which means that, with a   
   stationary target, 21 shots missed him.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Amadou_Diallo   
      
   Then there is the case where 1 shot out of 84 hit the target.   
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nypd-84-shots-brooklyn_us_55   
   c4b31e4b093be51bbb978   
      
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   Davey.   
      
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