Oscar Pistorius, das Model, der Valentinstag und das war dann Notwehr

Tussinelda schrieb:es ist legale Munition, so lange diese legal ist, wird sie wohl kaum als Vorsatz gelten können vermute ich, dann wäre es ja auch Vorsatz, überhaupt eine potentiell tödliche Waffe zu besitzen........ist es aber nicht

They are not illegal in South Africa, but are far from common here, although U.S. police forces often use them. Expanding bullets, sometimes known as “dum-dum” bullets, were banned from use in international warfare under the Hague Convention of 1899.

South African law, however, prohibits the use of expanding bullets by police and military in the country, but it is still available to citizen consumers. Private firearm owners can purchase hollow-point bullets at most gun shops, according to Gulf News.

The American-manufactured bullets, fired by Pistorius from a 9mm pistol, were banned in the 1990s in South Africa, but made their way back to the market under a different name, Ranger.

But even before that, hollow- and soft-point bullets — also known as Dum-Dums — were officially proscribed by the 1899 Hague Convention governing the laws of war.

That text’s overly precise description rendered it almost meaningless and left ample scope for loopholes, yet their deadliness remains undisputed.

“It opens up once it is inside the body and cuts the tissue,” said Jacobus Steyl, the owner of Durban-based specialist Forensic Ballistic Services.

“It causes severe damage . . . It’s quite dangerous,” he added.

On impact, expanding bullets flare out, forming jagged edges, like flower petals.

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross this can happen within centimeters of entering the body.


weiter:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/11/world/pistorius-fired-hollow-point-ammo-designed-for-maximum-damage/#.UyCPMoXA8Xg (Archiv-Version vom 17.04.2014)

Tussinelda schrieb:sie sind weder verboten, noch illegal, noch schwer zu bekommen, wie man sieht

Tussinelda schrieb:wenn es nicht darum geht, dann solltest Du es auch nicht behaupten, obwohl es nicht stimmt ;)
legale Munition kann man eben verwenden, das kann man also nicht nutzen, um Vorsatz zu unterstreichen

Interested schrieb:Ich verstehe nicht, warum die Legalität/Illegalität an der Tat an sich was ändern sollte? Also ist es nicht so schlimm, weil die Munition gar nicht illegal ist?