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Why are hollowpoints banned for use in war?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:32 pm
Its ok to shot at each other and try and kill someone, but don't use hollow points.
I don't get it, someone help me out.
I don't get it, someone help me out.
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Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:35 pm to KosmoCramer
too deadly.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:36 pm to KosmoCramer
B/c of the potential for maiming, at least thats what they always told us when I was active.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:37 pm to KosmoCramer
You might shoot the enemy too dead.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:37 pm to KosmoCramer
what they going to do about it? Go to war?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:38 pm to KosmoCramer
I've always wondered this. Never could find a good explanation except it's been law since the 1890s. Level playing field is what I'm guessing tho?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:38 pm to Chad504boy
War Crimes Trials, after the conflict is over. Usually results in executions if its bad enough to go to trial
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:38 pm to KosmoCramer
Because politicians wrote the treaty that banned them, not the soldiers.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:41 pm to RATeamWannabe
I never understood a lot of it when I was active duty, besides the humane treatment of POWs I never got the rules thing. At the end of the day its war, but they want to make it as peaceful as possible.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:43 pm to KosmoCramer
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Why are hollowpoints banned for use in war?
So civillians will have the upper hand when we rebel.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:48 pm to KosmoCramer
So, shooting someone while engaged in combat with a hollowpoint resulting in a sever injury is "illegal" but taking an innocent civilian hostage and beheading them on film is "part of war"?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 1:51 pm to Boudreaux35
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So, shooting someone while engaged in combat with a hollowpoint resulting in a sever injury is "illegal" but taking an innocent civilian hostage and beheading them on film is "part of war"?
No, both of them are illegal. Are you implying that we should ignore international treaties in order to stoop to the level of terrorists?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 2:03 pm to Jester
I personally think we should take the gloves off and fight wars to win stop wasting our young mens' lives to appear "civilized". I would not trade one of our boys for 100000000000 of the other guys, civilian or soldier.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 2:05 pm to KosmoCramer
Read the Geneva Convention. Really. Read it.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 2:15 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
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I personally think we should take the gloves off and fight wars to win stop wasting our young mens' lives to appear "civilized". I would not trade one of our boys for 100000000000 of the other guys, civilian or soldier.
:kige:
Posted on 3/11/13 at 2:19 pm to KosmoCramer
Its due to the fact that the Hollow point leaves a devestating wound when not a kill shot. It is a medics nightmare.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 2:21 pm to KosmoCramer
Because the purpose of war is not to kill people, but rather to impose a political solution through the use of force.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 2:21 pm to El Josey Wales
I was told it is better to wound your enemy than kill him. That way, enemy expends hospital and support resources to fix him up.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 2:23 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
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wasting our young mens' lives to appear "civilized".
It's not about "appearing" civilized. It's about BEING civilized. Forgive me if I strive to be a better person than a suicide bomber.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 2:26 pm to El Josey Wales
Not sure where I stand on this. I agree with "take the gloves off" to some extent, but I don't want American soldiers being shot with hollow points if we ever do actually fight a full-scale war with the type of enemy that would follow Geneva.
Also, how much has the use of FMJ ammo hampered us in recent wars? We may not have clear goals and the wars themselves may not be "winnable", but we win all the firefights.
On a related note, I took a tactical medicine class this weekend and the instructor shot up a dead hog with some 9mm hollow points so we could "treat" it. Seeing what the HPs did to that pig reinforced my strong preference for not getting shot.
Also, how much has the use of FMJ ammo hampered us in recent wars? We may not have clear goals and the wars themselves may not be "winnable", but we win all the firefights.
On a related note, I took a tactical medicine class this weekend and the instructor shot up a dead hog with some 9mm hollow points so we could "treat" it. Seeing what the HPs did to that pig reinforced my strong preference for not getting shot.
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