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The flexible baton round is the trademarked name for a "bean bag round", a type of shotgun shell used for non-lethal apprehension of criminals. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
A shotgun shell is a self-contained cartridge loaded with shot or a slug designed to be fired from a shotgun. ...
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A flexible baton round is the trademarked name for a "bean bag round". The flexible baton round consists of a small fabric “pillow” filled with #9 lead shot weighing about an ounce and a half. It is fired from a normal 12 guage shotgun. When fired, the bag is expelled at around 70-90 meters/second; it spreads out in flight and distributes its impact over about 6 centimeters² of the target. It is designed to deliver a blow that will cause minimum long-term trauma and no penetration but will result in a muscle spasm or other reaction to briefly render a violent suspect immobile. The shotgun round is inaccurate over about 6 meters, has a maximum range of around 20 meters, and is unsafe to use from less than 3 meters. Changes to the bean bag round since its inception in the early 1970's have included a velocity reduction from 400 to 300 feet per second [1] as well as a shift from the square shape to a more rounded sock shaped projectile. [2].
Shotguns dedicated to being used for bean bag rounds are visibly modified with either yellow or green markings or bright orange stocks and stops to avoid the possibility of a user loading lethal munitions into the weapon or vice versa
Use "Bean bag" rounds are used when a criminal is a danger himself or others. Flexible baton rounds are used only when it is safe to use one. 50% of cases are when the assailant has a bladed weapon. Nearly half of the uses also involve a suicidal and armed individual. Bean bag rounds have caused around a death a year since then in the US [3]
Dangers A flexible baton round can severely injure or kill a criminal in a wide variety of ways. A baton round can hit the chest, break the ribs and send the broken ribs into the heart. This is why many officers are taught to aim for the extremities when using a bean bag round. Rarely fatalities are results of mistaking other shotgun rounds for bean bags.[4]
In Movies and Television Bean bag rounds have been used in many movies and a few TV shows. They are usually portrayed as an always safe non-lethal weapon.
In The Rock movie ""The Rundown"", the protagonist is shot with a flexible baton rounds to subdue him. Welcome to the Jungle (also known as The Rundown) is an action film starring The Rock and Seann William Scott about a bounty hunter/enforcer/aspiring chef named Beck who must head for the Amazon jungle to capture someone. ...
In a deleted scene in ""Jackass: The Movie"", Johnny Knoxville is shot in the stomach with a bean bag round. Jackass: The Movie Jackass: The Movie directed by Jeff Tremaine was released on October 25, 2002 with the tagline Do not attempt this at home. ...
In one episode of the television show “24” Jack Bauer uses a bean bag round to subdue a terrorist. Roman war against Numidia and Mauretania ends. ...
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