[invertigo]

Originally Posted by FavaBeans ↗

That one guys injury resembles a giant eye!

That guy resembles a giant brown eye to me....

[Jere]

damn right in the eyeball

[LadyCPlum]

Don't they sometimes fire bean bags as well? Wonder what the "accidental", if you want to call it that, injury/mortality rate is for those

[Audioguru]

Originally Posted by Sharon. ↗

Didn't realise they were so damaging

They are not. This is propaganda. The injuries exhibit no traumatic stress due to tissue violation or other outside intervention other than makeup. Rubber bullets will only break skin if fired; 'point blanc' Study up!

[icheerthebull]

List of People Killed by 'Rubber' and 'Plastic' Bullets

The following information has been extracted from the Sutton 'Index of Deaths'. The list contains brief details of the 17 people who have been killing in Northern Ireland by members of the security forces who were using rubber or plastic bullets (also referred to as 'baton rounds'). The list is in chronological order. Eight of the 17 killed were children. All but one of those killed were Catholics.

Rowntree, Francis
22 April 1972 (11) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Shot by rubber bullet, Divis Flats, Belfast.

Molloy, Tobias
16 July 1972 (18) Catholic
Status: Irish Republican Army Youth Section (IRAF), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Shot by rubber bullet during street disturbances, outside Lifford Road British Army (BA) base, Strabane, County Tyrone.

Friel, Thomas
22 May 1973 (21) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Died five days after being hit by rubber bullet during street disturbances, Creggan Heights, Creggan, Derry.

Geddis, Stephen
30 August 1975 (10) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Died two days after being hit by plastic bullet, Divis Flats, Belfast.

Stewart, Brian
10 October 1976 (13) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Died six days after being hit by plastic bullet near his home, Norglen Road, Turf Lodge, Belfast.

Donnelly, Michael
09 August 1980 (21) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Shot by plastic bullet at the junction of Leeson Street and Falls Road, Belfast.

Whitters, Paul
25 April 1981 (15) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Died 10 days after being shot by plastic bullet, Great James Street, Derry.

Livingstone, Julie
13 May 1981 (14) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Shot by plastic bullet while walking along Stewartstown Road, Suffolk, Belfast.

Duffy, Henry
22 May 1981 (45) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Shot by plastic bullet while walking along street, Bogside, Derry.

Kelly, Carol Anne
22 May 1981 (12) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Died three days after being shot by plastic bullet while walking along Cherry Park, Twinbrook, Belfast.

McCabe, Nora
09 July 1981 (30) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Died one day after being shot by plastic bullet, Linden Street, Lower Falls, Belfast.

Doherty, Peter
31 July 1981 (36) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Shot by plastic bullet at his home, Divis Flats, Belfast.

McGuinness, Peter
09 August 1981 (41) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Shot by plastic bullet outside his home, Shore Road, Greencastle, Belfast.

McConomy, Stephen
19 April 1982 (11) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: British Army (BA)
Died three days after being shot by plastic bullet, Fahan Street, Bogside, Derry.

Downes, Sean
12 August 1984 (22) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Shot by plastic bullet, during anti-internment march, Andersonstown Road, Belfast.

White, Keith
14 April 1986 (20) Protestant
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Died 15 days after being shot by plastic bullet, during street disturbances, Woodhouse Street, Portadown, County Armagh.

Duffy, Seamus
09 August 1989 (15) Catholic
Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Shot by plastic bullet while walking along Dawson Street, New Lodge, Belfast.

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/violen...sticbullet.htm

[icheerthebull]

Originally Posted by Audioguru ↗

They are not. This is propaganda. The injuries exhibit no traumatic stress due to tissue violation or other outside intervention other than makeup. Rubber bullets will only break skin if fired; 'point blanc' Study up!

I suggest you 'study up'. see above and below

Rubber bullets are unsafe and should never be used by authorities to control riots, doctors have warned.

Researchers in Israel said the ammunition, which is supposed to be safer than live rounds and inflict only superficial damage, causes "significant" injury and death and should be banned.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2003999.stm

Some types of rubber bullets used by police to restrain unruly protesters kill and maim too often to be considered a safe method of crowd control, new research concludes.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0524-04.htm

Top police officer warns against use of plastic bullets on rioters

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/au...ng-police-orde


Even the rightwing dailymail are against the use

The decision to authorise the use of plastic bullets is bad and wrong. If police want to control rioters and rebuild their reputation, it would be much better to try to restore old-fashioned competent policing.

[Oswald2001]

Rubber bullets are a "less lethal" alternative.



The safest course is to not ask for trouble. That way no one gets shot by anything.

[invertigo]

Originally Posted by Audioguru ↗

They are not. This is propaganda. The injuries exhibit no traumatic stress due to tissue violation or other outside intervention other than makeup. Rubber bullets will only break skin if fired; 'point blanc' Study up!

Really, sir? So that lovely CAT scan with visibly fragmented pieces of skull lodged all the way into the grey matter of that mans brain is 'soft tissue damage'?
The studies I sourced from were performed on a global scale over a period of about 30 years, they have nothing to do with any recent or current 'propaganda' nor am I trying to make any political statements.

Why don't you try cramming your keyboard up your asshole and let us know what the doctors have to say about that 'soft tissue damage'?

[Pyramid_Head]

Damn, those will fuck your day up.

[NEVERBACKZ]

Originally Posted by Audioguru ↗

They are not. This is propaganda. The injuries exhibit no traumatic stress due to tissue violation or other outside intervention other than makeup. Rubber bullets will only break skin if fired; 'point blanc' Study up!

You on drugs or what "Study up" you need to do a bit of this yourself shithead?