Originally Posted by jimgriff
The US Coastguard is part of the US military.
The US Coastguard have recently adopted a new pistol to replace the "issued" 9mm Barretta.
It is the Sig Sauer S226 in .40 caliber.
They are also adopting a new round with either "soft point or hollow point bullets".
Forgive me for being picky, but I thought that such "types" of bullets were against the Geneva Convention.
Im not worried that much as any shots fired at you by the mil must mean that one is up to no good and such bullets might put one down instead of punching straight through. But hollow points in use by the mil?????
Hollow points are against the Geneva Convention but the US Coast Guard, although part of the US Military, also has a major civil policing role. In the US civil police it is common to use hollow points to stop 'through and through' shots, a common occurrence with FMJ's. As long as they are not using hollow points in a military role they do not fall foul of the convention.