Rubber Bullets and There Impact
By Gregory Kielma
What kind of weapon shoots rubber bullets?
What kind of weapon shoots rubber bullets?
Gregg Kielma
Guns!
Please read the following thoughts.
In their simplest form a rubber bullet is just a regular bullet made of rubber. Sometimes with less gunpowder the bullet itself travels slower. First used in the 70s against Irish protestors, rubber bullets are a “less lethal weapon”, not to be confused with the nonexistent “non-lethal weapon”. These bullets can be fired from any normal gun that can hold them.
A variation exists that can be fired from a shotgun. This is shotgun shell with either many small rubber balls or one solid puck of rubber.
A related weapon is the riot gun, a grenade launcher that shoots large balls of rubber.
As mentioned in the comments rubber bullets are still plenty dangerous. Not only can they kill a person if they hit the right part of the body, but they regularly cause injuries, including permanent ones.
Hard statistics are hard to come by. But there are numerous instances of people getting shot in the head or neck and dying.
As also mentioned in the comments, rubber bullets were originally intended to be shot at the ground in front of targets. The idea being that the bullet loses most of its velocity in the ricochet.
I’ve heard conflicting claims about this. With some sources claiming that this is more dangerous because the bullet is more likely to hit some in the face that way.
It’s something to consider.