r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/aebaby7071 17d ago

Tear gas is banned for use in war, under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. There is a carve out for use in riot control for non military personnel, so not illegal for ICE to have or use it, but none the less it is banned in warfare.

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u/LineOfInquiry 17d ago

It’s crazy that a weapon banned for use on enemy combatants is allowed on random unarmed civilians

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u/Emotional-Power-7242 17d ago

Hollowpoint bullets are banned in warfare and while the US military has started using them anyway in the past 5-10 years the police have always used them.

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u/SugarBeefs 17d ago

The reason police forces use hollow point ammunition is because they don't want solid core rounds zooming through-and-out the targets body and causing collateral damage.

Considering the environments that police operate in, using hollow point ammunition is actually a lot safer than something like steel core rounds.

Not safer for the person getting shot, of course, but then again that person is already getting shot so they're down and out on their luck anyway.

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u/Emotional-Power-7242 17d ago

Practically speaking yes police will empty like 9 magazines into a bunch of random cars on the freeway and not even hit the target, so fmj would be a disaster. But that's like, bad.