The Hobbit Hole XXXV - ...is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

To: Ramius; g'nad; osagebowman; Lost Dutchman; Squantos; river rat; Corin Stormhands; JenB; TalonDJ; ...

Sorry I'm a bit late. It's been a very hectic last few days.

I've been asked (until people learned better) why the US military can't use rubber bullets the like British do? Why kill someone when you can just sting them, instead.

So tonight's Saturday Night Gun Pron (tm) features the (drum roll, please), The British rubber bullet!!!

Shown here next to a dummy 5.56mm round for comparison purposes.

It's a bit difficult to fire in most 5.56mm weapons, so it needs a special launcher.

This is not some little rubber pill, although the "baton" itself is a fairly soft and springy rubber, like that used in bungee cords. Accepted procedure calls for firing the round in front of the target, where it will hit the ground, bend into an arc, lose some velocity, and then tumble while on an ascending trajectory. The intent is to hit the target in the meaty part of the leg. Or sometimes between the legs. This is a munition that should not be trifled with, as one "activist" demonstrates:

Being practical, the Brits have designed this round to be readily reloadable and reusable. The propellant charge comes in a pre-measured plastic container, which also acts like a gas seal. You just have to pick up the baton, or, if you're lucky, the "yutes" will have thrown them back at you, saving you the effort.

I've taken this item in to work a couple of times (it's mostly rubber, after all), when someone starts ranting about how humane rubber bullets are, and we should switch over to them. I asked one person to close her eyes and hold out her hand. Then I whacked the palm of her hand with the "rubber bullet". She suddenly realized that was just a little love tap, and a direct hit can cause anything from crippling pain, to death if a vital spot is hit.

For those people who will never learn, and sneer at humane alternatives like the rubber bullet, we have the humble .22lr. Again, trifle with it at your own risk. The "rubber bullet" can leave you black-and-blue for days, the IDF soldier can put you on crutches for the rest of your life.

3,321 posted on 02/09/2008 9:30:34 PM PST by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)

Go out there and yell at ‘em. :~)

Good night :~)

3,322 posted on 02/09/2008 9:31:12 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

To: Corin Stormhands

Wife’s younger sister; What kind of wine is this?
Nana: About quarter ‘til seven.

*snort*

3,323 posted on 02/09/2008 10:44:13 PM PST by SuziQ

Glad your favorite driver won - even though NASCAR premempted ‘Cops’ tonight.

But he was driving the National Guard car....doesn't that count for anything?

3,324 posted on 02/10/2008 6:00:56 AM PST by Overtaxed

Morning - oh, that ‘seriesly’ counts, double win in that case. Whoa - brisk this morning, bunny didn’t want to break for the fence when Gypsy went out, but the bunny made it safe and sound.

3,325 posted on 02/10/2008 6:04:01 AM PST by osagebowman

Morning win-mag. Rubber bullets - didn’t know much about them, thanks for photos and info. Fired from a tear gas or flare gun type shoulder arm. Interesting indeed.

3,326 posted on 02/10/2008 6:28:42 AM PST by osagebowman

Mmmmm.....frozen bunny.....

3,327 posted on 02/10/2008 7:24:24 AM PST by Overtaxed

Woke up to a blizzard late this morning. Well, it’s not technically a blizzard, but for about a 1/2 hour it was so thick you could hardly see through it and the wind was blowing like crazy. Sure glad we weren’t planning to go anywhere today!

3,328 posted on 02/10/2008 10:52:52 AM PST by SuziQ

We don’t have a temperature today.

3,329 posted on 02/10/2008 11:36:37 AM PST by ExGeeEye (NIE or no NIE, I've been waiting since 11/04/79 to do something about Iran.)

3,330 posted on 02/10/2008 11:41:57 AM PST by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))

How was the job fair?

3,331 posted on 02/10/2008 11:47:24 AM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... guns and ammunition are the twin pillars of the Ammo Party platform ....])

3,332 posted on 02/10/2008 11:48:19 AM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Tapdancing through the eschaton)

... three is a magic number.

3,333 posted on 02/10/2008 11:48:20 AM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Tapdancing through the eschaton)

Zero?

You're cute ...!

3,334 posted on 02/10/2008 11:48:32 AM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... guns and ammunition are the twin pillars of the Ammo Party platform ....])

To: no one in particular

**looks around**

All the hobbitses must be napping...

3,335 posted on 02/10/2008 1:06:22 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (New and Improved! Now with 4 less lbs.)

To: Corin Stormhands

It’s a good Sunday for that.

3,336 posted on 02/10/2008 1:19:33 PM PST by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))

To: Corin Stormhands

Nah, I'm cookin'. Making lentil soup to have with my bread for lunches this week.

...Also went out and did some driving around to see where a few rental places were located. It was pretty depressing, actually. :-\ Seems like even the duplexes that are almost as run down as this place rent for nearly twice as much.

3,337 posted on 02/10/2008 1:20:03 PM PST by RosieCotton (A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)

To: RosieCotton; darkangel82

mmmmm...soup...

I’m doing homework, but I’d like to be napping, or cooking, or something else.

3,338 posted on 02/10/2008 1:34:01 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (New and Improved! Now with 4 less lbs.)

To: Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton

Soup does sound good. Homework, not so good but I haven’t had that since I left school 8 years ago.

3,339 posted on 02/10/2008 1:37:39 PM PST by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))

To: RosieCotton; SuziQ

3,340 posted on 02/10/2008 1:39:10 PM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)

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