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Old 09-20-2004, 10:07 PM   #3
Troubleshooter
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Originally Posted by marichiko
He even voted for cop-killer bullets.
Not to be too nit picky, but there is no such thing as cop killer bullets.

From Wikipedia

"Teflon coated bullets have an interesting political saga in the United States.

They were first introduced in the 1960s by three law enforcement officers who worked together to develop new ammunition for police use. The first Teflon coated bullets were known as "KTW bullets", after the initials of the three inventors, and were sold only to law enforcement organizations.

In 1982, the NBC TV network ran a special on the bullets and argued that the bullets were a threat to police. Gun-control organizations in the US labelled Teflon coated bullets as "cop killer bullets", and argued that they were capable of penetrating Kevlar bullet-resistant vests. This was, in a sense, true: many of the bullets that had Teflon coatings were capable of penetrating Kevlar vests...but they would be equally capable of penetrating the vests with out Teflon coating: the coating has no effect on the ability of a bullet to punch through body armor."
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