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   From: OphElsinore@gmail.com   
      
   "Davey"  wrote in message news:o72j4k$538$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 17:34:42 +0000   
   GB  wrote:   
      
   > >> 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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   > >   
   > > 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.   
      
   ======   
      
      
   WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID!!!!   
      
   No point in me continuing with this when you just repeat what I say.   
      
      
      
   > 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   
      
   ====   
      
      
   And this has exactly what to do with the point????  Just more searching and   
   waffle   
      
   Ugh!   
      
      
   Is there any confirmation that the UK Police use expanding bullets? Any   
   citations, for example? The fact that they are allowed to doesn't mean   
   they do.   
   I don't know either way, I'm just asking.   
      
   Davey.   
   ===   
      
   If you are asking me, I don't know, you would need to ask a serving firearms   
   officer.   
      
      
      
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