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Plastic bullets in Northern Ireland

01 January 1991

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Plastic bullets in Northern Ireland
bacdoc January=1992

Hansard written answer 14.11.91 Col 663

Dr Mawhinney, Minister of State for Northern Ireland, said
that the security situation in Northern Ireland continues to
require the protection of life and property from organised
and vicious attacks. No method for dealing with such attacks
is entirely free from risk. The plastic baton round provides
the security forces with an option in circumstances where
the only realistic alternatives are the use of live rounds
or withdrawal from the scene and consequent risk to life and
property.
The existing baton round launchers are no longer in
production and are therefore increasingly difficult to
maintain. Careful consideration is being given to a
replacement baton round system, although no final decision
has yet been reached.

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