Editing Hollow-point bullet (section)

=== United States ===

The United States is one of few major powers that did not agree to IV-3 of the [[Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907#Hague Convention of 1899|Hague Convention of 1899]], and thus is able to openly admit to the use of this kind of [[ammunition]] in warfare, but the United States ratified the second (1907) Hague Convention IV-23, which says "To employ arms, projectiles, or material calculated to cause unnecessary suffering", similar to IV-3 of the first Convention.  For years the United States military respected this Convention and refrained from the use of expanding ammunition, and even made special FMJ .22LR ammunition for use in [[High Standard HDM|High Standard pistols]] that were issued to the OSS agents and the Savage Model 24 .22/.410 combination guns issued in the E series of air crew survival kits. After announcing consideration of using hollow point ammunition for [[Sidearm (weapon)|side arm]]s, with a possible start date of 2018,<ref name="ArmyTimes">{{cite news | url=http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/tech/2015/07/09/handgun-system-solicitation-hollowpoint/29886907/ | title=Army to consider hollow point bullets for new pistol | access-date=2015-10-23 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160807193532/http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/tech/2015/07/09/handgun-system-solicitation-hollowpoint/29886907/ |archive-date=7 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> the United States Army began production of M1153 special purpose ammunition for the [[9×19mm Parabellum]] with a {{convert|147|gr|g|adj=on}} jacketed hollow point bullet at {{convert|962|ft|m}} per second for use in situations where limited over-penetration of targets is necessary to reduce [[collateral damage]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Keefe |first=Mark A. |year=2019 |title= M1152 & M1153: The Army's New 9 mm Luger Loads |journal=[[American Rifleman]] |volume=167 |issue=5 |page=65 |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/4/23/m1152-m1153-the-army-s-new-9-mm-luger-loads/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423153738/https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/4/23/m1152-m1153-the-army-s-new-9-mm-luger-loads/ |archive-date=23 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The state of [[New Jersey]] bans possession of hollow point bullets by [[civilian]]s, except for ammunition possessed at one's own dwellings, premises, or other lands owned or possessed, or for, while and traveling to and from hunting with a hunting license if otherwise legal for the particular game. The law also requires all hollow point ammunition to be transported directly from the place of purchase to one's home or premises, or hunting area, or by members of a rifle or pistol club directly to a place of target practice, or directly to an authorized target range from the place of purchase or one's home or premises.<ref name=NJSP-hollow>{{cite web|title=Transportation and use of hollow point ammunition by sportsmen|url=http://www.njsp.org/about/fire_hollow.html|publisher=New Jersey State Police|access-date=3 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917130506/http://www.njsp.org/about/fire_hollow.html|archive-date=17 September 2013}}</ref>

The United States military uses open-tip ammunition in some [[sniper]] rifles due to its exceptional accuracy. [[W. Hays Parks]], Colonel, USMC, Chief of the JAG's International Law Branch, has argued that this ammunition is not prohibited by military convention in that the wounds that it produces are similar to [[full metal jacket ammunition]] in practice.<ref name="gunzone">{{cite web |url = http://www.thegunzone.com/opentip-ammo.html |title = Memorandum: Sniper Use of Open-Tip Ammunition |author = W. Hays Parks, Colonel, USMC, Chief of the JAG's International Law Branch |date = 1985-09-23 |access-date = 2007-03-17 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070427083045/http://www.thegunzone.com/opentip-ammo.html |archive-date = 2007-04-27 }}</ref>