Talk:Rubber bullet

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Imperialist weapon.

Less-lethal weapons?

Seventeen people have died as a direct result of, or due to injuries sustained by, these rounds in Northern Ireland since 1969. Need for an edit methinks?

I don't think I understand your point. The article states that rubber bullets seldom kill and aren't intended to, but cautions that they can cause serious damage and there have been exceptions. Is there a problem?--Kizor 17:18, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Merge?

I suggest rubber bullet and plastic bullet should be merged. Any comments? -- FirstPrinciples 12:58, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. Rubber bullets are not the same as plastic bullets, neither of which are the same as metal bullets. They have unique, but related histories. I think the catetory less-lethal weapons adequately combines both of these catetories. As long as there is enough cross-linking between the two entries, it should be fine.

[edit] Merge to Rubber/plastic Bullet

Agree to the Merge, under one of the names Rubber/plastic Bullet which names the object. Non-lethal is rather questionnable and doesn't describe an object and is rather controversial. --[1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.170.2.61 (talk) 09:05, 18 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] References/accuracy

Article needs proper referencing and review for accuracy. There are sources indicating use of rubber bullets outside of the UK before 1970s (with fatality in the US in 1971)[2]. And this ammunition is used around the world, so the the article should not be focussed on the UK. I'm be looking into review of this article. Bwithh 18:27, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

And there's almost this whole section about wooden bullets in an article entitled "Rubber bullet". Bwithh 18:54, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nepalrubberbullets.jpg.JPG

This picture clearly shows snap caps, not rubber bullets. There is no rubber in these cartridges, instead the blue part is plastic. Also, the rear of the casing clearly shows no primer, but a spring loaded striker buffer istead. This picture should be moved to that article instead. The US DOD picture caption is clearly erroneous. --85.156.238.205 22:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I thought it was clear cut enough and just removed it. --85.156.238.205 22:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)