The brutal reality has seen rubber and plastic bullets murder 8 children and 9 adults. They have seriously injured thousands of others, maiming and disfiguring many for life. They have left a catalogue of carnage, grief and brutal sectarian oppression. The United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets wants an end to this nightmare. We believe that the use of Plastic Bullets should be banned immediately.
Plastic bullets cause horrific injury and are in fact, vicious killers.
17 deaths and thousands of injuries later, those who argue that plastic bullets don't kill or maim are either callously insensitive or are afraid that they will lose a media-friendly weapon of sectarian oppression. In a study carried out by the Royal Victoria Hospital it was found that in comparison to rubber bullets, injuries to the skull and brain tended to be more severe, resulting in more deaths. Eviscerated eyes, smashed hands, triple fractures of the leg, head wounds requiring 40 stitches, injuries to the kidney, liver, groin and throat' . When 12 year old Paul Corr was shot by Royal Marine Commandos, the plastic bullet tore off part of his nose, shattered and ripped out his palate, and forced his teeth down into his mouth. It's not surprising that even the European Parliament has passed four separate motions calling for their banning.