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There's remarkably little research done on how powerful "less than lethal" implements are. I'm reminded of the anti-police riots down in Austin right after Geor
by thr0wawayf00 5y ago
There's remarkably little research done on how powerful "less than lethal" implements are. I'm reminded of the anti-police riots down in Austin right after George Floyd died and a kid got hit in the head with either a rubber bullet or sandbag round (can't remember which), suffered a major cranial fracture and brain damage from the shot.
One wonders the morbid question: would you prefer a "less than lethal" round that could severely and permanently alter the course of your life or a real bullet that would end it? There's not an easy answer to that question for me.
[0]: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/01/austin-police-george-floyd-mike-ramos/ https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/01/austin-police-george...
- leeoniya 5y agoi imagine 99.9999% of people would take their chances with a sandbag round than a bullet. the fact that 1 in <some very large number> may hit your head in a way to injur you permanently doesnt change this.
- Arubis 5y ago> There's remarkably little research done… Well, sure. You don’t research what you don’t want to know, let alone have a public debate about. Better to just make loud blanket statements, and when challenged to just make them louder.