Rubber bullet
Rubber bullet
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Rubber bullet - Wikipedia
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Rubber bullets (also called rubber baton rounds) are a type of baton round.[1] Despite the name, rubber bullets typically have either a metal core with a rubber coating, or are a homogeneous admixture with rubber being a minority component. Although they are considered a less lethal alternative to metal projectiles, rubber bullets can still cause fatal injuries as well as other serious injuries such as blindness or other permanent disabilities.[2][3]
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Don't think rubber bullets are harmless, but by definition, if a projectile has enough mass to hurt someone, deter them from what they are doing, and stay on target, that projectile can easily be deadly.
There is a reason they used the term "less lethal" and not "non-lethal" these days. When I was a kid, they very often would call these things non-lethal weapons. Which is insane, because anything can be lethal if used improperly.
Yes, and there are so many cases of people being maimed or disfigured by these things.
A muzzle loader's cotton wad is perfectly deadly, there are multiple stories of people dying from blank shots.