[Our News] In the face of the thugs hitting the line of defense outside the Legislative Council, the police continued to increase their force, using batons, pepper spray, hand-throwing tear gas, tear water, thundering shotgun and other weapons, and widely using new equipment commonly known as "pepper ball" guns to "fight the riot". It is understood that all the weapons used by the police so far are non-lethal weapons, which will not penetrate the human body, but the impact force is not weak, and the injuries from being shot are not light

The compressed gas will bruise when shot

After the riots in Mongkok, the police introduced a new equipment, commonly known as "pepper ball" gun, which was fired by a powder gun. It was also equipped in the "Occupy West Ring" clearance operation earlier, but it was not actually used. This time, it is widely used. The tear gas launcher on the gun is powered by compressed gas. It is known that the pepper ball will explode and emit pepper spray when hit on the human body, and will bruise when shot. It has a range of about 50 meters and can hold about 160 pepper balls.

As for the Thunder Deng shotgun (12 Gauge Remington 870), it can shoot scattered bullets, including bird shot, more lethal deer shot 00 Buckshot, and non-lethal rounds, such as rubber bullet and bean bag shot/sock round. This time, the police fired rubber bullets. On the one hand, they could hit the target at a medium distance, stop the action of rioters, protect the front-line personnel, and reduce the damage to the target.

According to people familiar with firearms, since the cartridge case is transparent and white, it is believed that the police use rubber bullets. If the cartridge case is red, it is live ammunition. It is known that if a bag bomb is fired, the general international code of use requires that it be fired from a long distance. If it is hit from a long distance, there will be bruises, if it is hit from a short distance, it may cause internal bleeding, or even death; If rubber bullets are used, they are more powerful than bag bullets.

The Fadelouin half-caliber riot gun (37/38mm Federal Riot Gun), commonly known as the "big mouth gun", can also fire non-lethal ammunition, such as tear gas, which is mainly fired into the sky, making many bullets emitting tear gas appear in the air. The tear gas will be more refined, and it will make people feel burned when touching the skin full of sweat. The tear gas is fired from the Fadelu inch half-caliber largemouth gun, with an effective range of 50 to 75 meters. There will be bruises when it is hit. If it hits the viscera, it will cause internal bleeding, or even death.