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Thursday, 31 August 2000
Page: 17047


Senator MURRAY (10:21 AM) —Thank you, Senator Brown, that was very helpful. With the permission of the chair and the minister, I would like to assist briefly. I have familiarity with high velocity weapons. A disabling shot to the central body with a modern weapon will kill, and that bullet will pass through the individual. Therefore, in situations of crowd control you cannot with a high velocity weapon take out one person and guarantee that that person alone will be hit, because the bullet will go through. The proposed section read did not indicate an awareness of that consequence.