calling them “rubber bullets” or “foam projectiles” is incredibly misleading
they should be considered “rubber coated” at best
the core is still a slug of metal, so all the coating does is reduce the penetrative capability
the trauma inflicted is still arm-, rib- or skull-fracturingly massive
imagine being beaten half to death with a rubber-coated hammer. do you care that it was rubber coated?
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