Teen found dead in Atlanta park shot with 'exploding bullets'

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ATLANTA (CBS46) -

Just when you thought you only had to worry about guns flooding the streets, consider this nightmare -- exploding bullets anyone can buy.

The bullet is aptly named “R.I.P.” but not for “rest in peace.” It stands for “Radically Invasive Projectile,” a bullet with a tip like a buzz saw, designed to virtually drill a hole on impact and deliver a very ugly ending.

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Unlike normal bullets that penetrate the body and stay in one place, an RIP round virtually explodes into tiny metal fragments, as the shrapnel opens multiple “wound channels” to “swim through tissue,” in all directions and penetrate crucial organs. Its creators tout its features on the website of G2, the manufacturer out of Winder, Ga.

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As for the U.S. military, it’s banned from using RIP bullets by the Geneva Convention, an international agreement to conduct humane warfare, as strange as that sounds.

Much more at http://www.walb.com/story/32180435/teen-found-dead-in-atlanta-park-shot-with-exploding-bullets

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Why, oh why is this even LEGAL???