A shot from close range at activists from the Podlaskie Volunteer Humanitarian Rescue, who save lives at the border, was fired by a Border Guard officer using a blank pistol she had with her. “The circumstances of its potential use during duty are being investigated under the supervision of the prosecutor’s office,” admits the Border Guard. However, the Border Guard evasively responds to questions about the alleged stocking of smoothbore firearms in warehouses near the border and the informal permission to use them for shooting.