[Simon Green]

Do they get one bullet per patrolman?

Well, that would explain this:

Brisbane, Australia Cops Put Out an APB for Four Lost Training Rounds

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/09/robert-farago/brisbane-australia-cops-put-apb-four-lost-training-rounds/

This is not April 1 and this not a joke. I repeat: you are not reading The Onion and this is not a joke. “Police are trying to find four rounds of police training ammunition which went missing while being taken from police headquarters to firearms training at Belmont in Brisbane’s south,” couriermail.com.au reports. Again: this is an actual news story. Here’s the rest . . .

The ammunition went missing at Coorparoo on September 20 while police were travelling to Belmont to conduct firearms training about 7am.

“The training ammunition is described as being approximately 3cm in length and a bronze and copper colour (see pictured),” a police statement said.

“The training ammunition is to be treated as a dangerous item if found and members of the public are urged not pick up or handle the training ammunition.

“Police are encouraging anyone who locates the training ammunition to call Policelink on 131 444.”

[Fightin Whitey]

A half-dozen rounds roll out of my pickup every time I open the door!

[zeugma]

The training ammunition is to be treated as a dangerous item if found and members of the public are urged not pick up or handle the training ammunition.

Wow. They've fallen so low so fast.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Pretty pathetic when pistol cartridges are elevated to the threat level of dynamite or nuclear weapons. I recall several years back in England there were hysterics over finding an empty (fired) cartridge case or two on some street. The area was cordoned off, forensics team and the whole nine yards brought in. A heck of a prank would be to find a whole bunch of fired cases and deftly scatter them all over London - they'd probably evacuate the city.