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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Different victim but here's what a shot to the back can do:

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think he was hit with some kind of grenade the police fired. There seems to be a huge hole in the center. How is he not paralyzed??

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  • IIRC, rubber "bullets" are somewhere around 30mm, which isn't that far off from the size of the rounds grenade launchers commonly use - I think those are usually 30-40mm. I saw somebody recently say that they're the size of 8 or even 4-gauge shotgun slugs, and an 8-gauge is 25% larger than a 12-gauge.

    They're also not rubber like people think of when they hear the name. They're a metal slug wrapped in a layer of rubber or foam.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I had a similar bruise from a less-lethal bullet on my butt, and I've seen a kid get hit with one in his head, that was scary. This was a long time ago though, but the bullets then were steel core and rubber around it. Not sure if they use different ones in the US.

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