– Why civilians cannot use rubber bullets?
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Civilians certainly can use rubber bullets but there is largely no benefit to doing so. You would only (legally) discharge a firearm at someone (rubber or otherwise) if you need to stop that person from doing what they are doing as quickly as possible. This is done so in cases where you are at risk of immediate and severe bodily harm and have no other options (assault, rape, arson, etc). Unfortunately, rubber bullets that are effective at stopping someone immediately have a large overlap with “real” bullets. If you dialed back the weight or velocity to make them even less lethal they would be largely ineffective at stopping the person meaning to do you harm.
If there was any other option such as a magical stun ray that could safely stop someone instantly it would take over as the preference for civilians and law enforcement. Unfortunately we don’t currently have anything like this.
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