# Salt in shotgun shells

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-in-shotgun-shells/740576>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-in-shotgun-shells/740576 "2015-12-15T22:54:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-in-shotgun-shells/740576/21 "2015-12-17T14:06:31Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> He said attempted. That part isn’t a legend.

🙂

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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-in-shotgun-shells/740576/22 "2015-12-17T15:23:33Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> Rubber bullets are/were designed to be bounced of the ground. It can and sometimes has broken a leg with a direct hit. Certainly it could kill you with a head wound, but I’ve not read examples of that happening.

From what I read, there are two types of rubber bullets. The ones used in places like Northern Ireland were fairly large hard rubber balls - more likely to hurt than to seriously injure (but capable of serious injuries in circumstances). The ones Israel uses in riot control against Palestinians were large metal ball bearings with a rubber coating - with much stronger effect.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-in-shotgun-shells/740576/23 "2015-12-17T15:52:08Z")

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> [@davida03801](#):
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> Cow Tipping ? Urban legend.

Just wait until they breed a cow that actually wants to wait on tables and was capable of saying so clearly and distinctly.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-in-shotgun-shells/740576/24 "2015-12-17T16:54:10Z")

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> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> Pretty much true of all blanks, as Jon-Eric Hexum and Brandon Lee can testify.

SD nitpick - Brandon Lee was killed by an actual slug, not the blank. A bullet was inside the barrel, and it got fired by the blank round.

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