However, a viral tweet claimed that rubber bullets aren't non-lethal at all. In fact, the tweet says rubber bullets are metal bullets with a rubber coating that can still kill someone.

These include rubber-coated metal bullets, rubber plugs, plastic bullets called baton rounds, and beanbag rounds — fabric beanbags about the size of a tea bag filled with lead pellets.

THE ANSWER Rubber bullets can be either entirely rubber or they may be a rubber-coated metal disk. They can kill people and some classify them as "less lethal" weapons instead of non-lethal.

THE ANSWER Rubber bullets can be either entirely rubber or they may be a rubber-coated metal disk. They can kill people and some classify them as "less lethal" weapons instead of non-lethal.

THE ANSWER Rubber bullets can be either entirely rubber or they may be a rubber-coated metal disk. They can kill people and some classify them as "less lethal" weapons instead of non-lethal.

THE ANSWER Rubber bullets can be either entirely rubber or they may be a rubber-coated metal disk. They can kill people and some classify them as "less lethal" weapons instead of non-lethal.

THE ANSWER Rubber bullets can be either entirely rubber or they may be a rubber-coated metal disk. They can kill people and some classify them as "less lethal" weapons instead of non-lethal.

THE ANSWER Rubber bullets can be either entirely rubber or they may be a rubber-coated metal disk. They can kill people and some classify them as "less lethal" weapons instead of non-lethal.