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Nickel Plated · April 1, 2012, 07:09 PM

Yep wrong on all counts.

1) It's the Hague Convention that bans hollow points in warfare, not the Geneva Convention.
2) The US is not bound by the ban since we never signed it AFAIK. We just follow it voluntarily becaise we're supposed to be the "good guys", and good guys follow the rules.
3) The ban only applies in warfare, not law enforcement.
4) Hollow-point ammo has been stadard issue in the LE community for decades now.

April 1, 2012, 07:09 PM	#5
Nickel Plated Senior Member Join Date: January 17, 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NYC Posts: 610	Yep wrong on all counts. 1) It's the Hague Convention that bans hollow points in warfare, not the Geneva Convention. 2) The US is not bound by the ban since we never signed it AFAIK. We just follow it voluntarily becaise we're supposed to be the "good guys", and good guys follow the rules. 3) The ban only applies in warfare, not law enforcement. 4) Hollow-point ammo has been stadard issue in the LE community for decades now.