>I'm blissfully ignorant of the gun culture--what's a "dum-dum"
>or hollow point bullet? I'm assuming it's nastier than a
>regular bullet.
The hollow point means that the bullet flattens once it enters a body, causing great internal damage. Ordinary bullets can just pass right through, leaving a clean hole rather instead of ripping organs to bloody shreds. Cops defend their use by saying that they can't exit a perp's body and hit an innocent bystander.
Doug