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From: khai%amara.uucp@mailgw.cc.umich.edu (S. Khai Mong)
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Subject: Re: exploding bullets
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Date: 20 Jun 89 03:46:40 GMT
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From: khai%amara.uucp@mailgw.cc.umich.edu (S. Khai Mong)
Here is a quote from an AP article carried by our local paper:

   In Houston, officers are armed with a variety of pistols.
      "They buy their own weapon and can carry practically anything they
   want," said fireamrs instructor J.W. Walston.  "As a result our
   officers carry a multitude of calibers, everything from 9mm to .44
   Magnums to .45s.  However we do encourage them to not carry .38s and
   we suggest that they use hollow point rounds."
      Many urban police departments have begun using hollow point
   bullets, a soft-nosed round that has greater stopping power.  It tends
   to spread out and produce more wallop from increased tissue damage.
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