This weapon, as issued by the British state to their forces in the six counties, is in itself conflicting to what recommendations has been laid out by their Patten Commission. According to a recently detailed Defence Scientific Advisory Council report on the use of such a deadly weapon, it states that this new plastic bullet could become imbedded in a skull when fired head on. There are also great concerns that its use will increase the incidences of intra-abdominal related injuries with the severity of injuries to the brain even higher.
All plastic bullets are lethal weapons.
We only have to look at the number of people in both communities, thousands are maimed and wounded. Out of the seventeen innocent people murdered by both rubber and plastic bullets, eight of them alone have been children. In doing so we would urge all community groups, trades councils and unions to act now and equally endorse the call for an immediate ban on this lethal weapon. IRSP Press Office 392 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6DH, Ireland.